Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations: An Historical Sketch, 2nd ed. 2016. R. Epp & J. Torrance The Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations An listorical Sketch, 2nd edition nument to the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations P Hill Overlook, Cadillac Mountain The Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations: An Historical Sketch, 2nd Edition Photos by Walter Smalling, Jr. Copyright © 2016 by the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations All rights reserved. First edition printed in 1939. HCTPR PO Box 1478 Ellsworth, Maine 04605 207/667-8671 ~ HCTPR.org Preface In 1901, forward thinking residents of Mount Desert Island, Maine formed the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations to acquire lands for free public use. Empowered by the Maine Legislature in 1903, over the next decade the Trustees aquired 5,000 acres of land of "scenic beauty, historical significance, scientific study or sanitary value." After negotiating with the federal government for three years, the Trustees First Vice-President George B. Dorr was instrumental in these lands becoming a national momument in 1916, just seven weeks before the establishment of the National Park Service. Three years later the landscape we know as Acadia National Park became the first national park east of the Mississippi River. During the first decade of the Park, land acquisition by the Trustees expanded and transfers to the National Park Service more than doubled its size. In 1928, the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations were bequeathed the Woodlawn estate, the Black House, in Ellsworth prompting consideration of the future role of the Trustees. What motivated such precient actions? How did the Trustees define their role after the creation of Acadia National Park? An Historical Sketch and a Record of the Holdings of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, orginally written by the Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, is published here again, a gift of the Trustees, as part of the celebration of the 2016 Acadia National Park Centennial. This new edition includes two new essays and list of lands, totaling 1,200 acres, donated by the Trustees since 1939. Along with an historical monument on the Blue Hill Overlook on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia honoring the essential role of the Trustees in the formation of the Park, the Trustees also donated to Acadia a last remaining two acre parcel of land near Seawall on the western side of Mount Desert Island. In "The Triumphant March of an Idea," George B. Dorr biographer Ronald H. Epp chronicles the conservation efforts of the Trustees from 1901 to the present day and in "Beyond Acadia" executive director Joshua Campbell Torrance details the Trustees oversight of Woodlawn as both a public park and historic house museum. Photographs by Walter Smalling, Jr., of both Acadia and Woodlawn, enrich the narrative by providing readers with a visual context. With this republication of An Historical Sketch, we hope to tell the story of the hundred year partnership between the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations and the National Park Service, and their common concern for land conservation and historic preservation. Joshua Campbell Torrance Ronald Harry Epp, Ph.D Previous Cadillac Mountain at sunrise A Brief Record of the Origin and Activities of the enthusiastically endorsed the plan. An organization committee was chosen and this committee on August 29 applied to Bertrand E. Clark, J.P., to call a meeting Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations of those desiring to be incorporated, as provided by Chapter 55 of the Revised by Samuel A. Eliot, September 10, 1936 Statutes of the State of Maine, for the purpose of "acquiring, owning and holding lands and other property in Hancock County for free public use." This meeting wa held at the office of Mr. Edward B. Mears in Bar Harbor on September 12, 1901. For thirty-five years the residents of Mount Desert Island, the summer visitors there The Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations were there duly organized and the tourists who traverse the roads and trails, have profited by the disinterested and By-Laws adopted. The Incorporators were Luere B. Deasy, George B. Dorr, and unassuming activities of a company of citizens associated in an endeavor to Charles W. Eliot, John S. Kennedy, Loren E. Kimball, Lea McI. Luquer, preserve for public enjoyment the scenic and historic sites of Mount Desert. The Edward B. Mears and George L. Stebbins. Charles W. Eliot was elected President, origins and achievements of this organization need to be recorded, its activities George B. Dorr and Edward S. Dana, Vice-Presidents, Lea McI. Luquer, Secretary, extended, its endowments enlarged, its methods elsewhere adopted. and George L. Stebbins, Treasurer. Luere B. Deasy and Edward B. Mears were appointed additional members of the Executive Committee. The incorporation of the Trustees was confirmed by special act of the Legislature in 1903, giving the In the summer of 1901 Charles W. Eliot, who had been for twenty years a summer Corporation power "to acquire, hold and maintain and improve for free public resident of Northeast Harbor, suggested to some of his neighbors and friends use lands in Hancock County which by reason of scenic beauty, historical interest, that they might form an organization to conserve and maintain the unique natural sanitary advantage or for other reasons may be available for the purpose." This Act beauties of Mount Desert. During the preceding winter Dr. Eliot had been engaged also provided for the exemption of such lands from state, county or town taxation. in putting together the papers of his son, Charles Eliot. Here he came across an article printed in 1889 in "Garden and Forest" describing the wild charm of the coast of Maine and pointing out how the increase of private ownership might soon Gradually interest in the purposes of the corporation was aroused and confidence deprive the public of access to many of the beautiful hills, points and beaches. established. A pamphlet written by President Eliot and issued in 1904 with the It further suggested how the peril might be averted by action of the State or by title "The Right Development of Mount Desert" had a wide circulation and was the organization of incorporated bodies to secure and maintain reservations for for many years a sort of guide for both the town officers and private citizens in public use. "It is time decisive action was taken; and if the State of Maine should efforts to prevent forest fires, improve the roads and the roadsides, open trails, by suitable legislation encourage the formation of associations for the purpose of avert undesirable developments and incite public spirit. In the summer of 1908 preserving chosen parts of her coast scenery, she would not only do herself honor, gifts to the Trustees began to be made. Eliza L. Homans (Mrs. Charles D. Homans) but would secure for the future an important element in her material prosperity." gave to the Trustees a considerable tract above the Ocean Drive and including the Beehive and the pond called "The Bowl." The Trustees of the Estate of Linda Dows Cooksey conveyed a piece of land on the Sea Cliff Drive near It was in the following year (1890) that Charles Eliot had put this idea to practical Seal Harbor on which the Champlain Monument stands. Mr. George B. Cooksey test. He devised a plan for the organization of a body of substantial citizens of gave title to some five acres at the top of Barr Hill and a gift of money from Massachusetts to be known as the Trustees of Public Reservations who would Mr. John S. Kennedy enabled the Trustees to secure a hundred acres on the top be empowered to acquire parcels of real estate possessing natural beauty or of Green (Cadillac) Mountain thus preserving the summit from exploitation and historical interest and to hold them for public use and enjoyment. This Board conserving for the enjoyment of the public the highest point on the Atlantic coast was incorporated by act of the Massachusetts Legislature May 21, 1891, and has of the United States. In former years two small but unsightly hotels had successivel rendered a conspicuous public service for more than forty-five years. This was the occupied that summit and at one time a cog railroad had been operated to carry precedent that President Eliot had in mind when he inaugurated a similar movement people up the western slope from Eagle Lake. at his summer home. In 1910 Mr. George L. Stebbins, the alert and diligent Treasurer of the Corporation The first step was to enlist the interest of the Village Improvement Societies of discovered that a good title could be obtained to some large tracts in the center Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor which included leaders among of the eastern half of the island. There was need of prompt action because the permanent and the summer residents. Each of these Societies appointed a there was imminent danger that lumber companies would get control and cut Committee and on August 13, 1901 these Committees met at Seal Harbor and off the woods. Two new factors made this peril an instant one. There had 1 been a sudden increase in the market for lumber and the introduction of the portable sawmill had made profitable the cutting of timber in places hitherto inaccessible. Mr. Stebbins promptly organized a group of summer residents at Seal Harbor (George B. Cooksey, Richard M. Hoe, Dr. Christian A. Herter, Dr. Edward K. Dunham, Edward C. Bodman, Tracy Dows and George L. Stebbins) and, each taking equal shares, they bought a tract of some 3600 acres including the western slope of Green (Cadillac) Mountain and all of Pemetic Mountain and the Southern Bubble. This tract had been the property of a promoting company known as the Mount Desert and Eastern Shore Land Company which had long been bankrupt and the land had been bought in by one of the creditors at sheriff's sale with twenty-two years back taxes unpaid. The new owners took title in the name of Mr. Stebbins and then sold for $3000 to Mr. George B. Dorr the 1600 acres which were within the limits of the town of Eden (Bar Harbor) with the understanding that he would give the land to the Trustees, and they themselves deeded to the Trustees some 1000 acres including Pemetic and the Bubble. They retained the lowlands for it was the desire of the Trustees not to withdraw from taxation land that could be used for houses or farms. In 1912 the executors of the estate of Mr. Charles T. How of Boston and Bar Harbor offered for sale a tract of some 2000 acres including Jordan and Sargent Mountains. To save this important area Mr. Stebbins, with the aid of Mr. Cooksey, took title to it and then suggested to President Eliot that, as residents of Seal Harbor had given Pemetic Mountain to the Trustees, the people at Northeast Harbor might like to contribute Sargent Mountain. This idea was adopted and the $7000 needed was promptly raised. Of this sum, and in view of the protection of the water sheds, the Water Companies of Northeast Harbor an Seal Harbor contributed each $1000. Mr. Stebbins transferred the western half of the tract to Mr. John S. Melcher in order that the easements in favor of the Water Company might be established and Mr. Melcher then deeded the property to the Trustees. The movement thus started steadily gathered headway. It is not possible to mention all the gifts for no less than 129 separate transactions were recorded. They varied in size and importance from an acre or two to preserve a glen or brookside or some favorite point of view to large tracts of wild land. There were a score or more of deals with the Water Companies with a view to protecting the purity of Eagle Lake and Jordan's and Hadlock's Ponds. In 1909 Mr. John S. Kennedy gave 138 acres on Pickett (Huguenot Head) and 50 acres on the north ridge of Newport (Champlain), while Mr. and Mrs. John I. Kane and Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Bridgham transferred to the Trustees the title to 467 acres including the south slope of Kebo and part of the Gorge. Then 1000 acres were acquired on the north ridge of Green (Cadillac) and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bliss gave 210 acres on the south ridge of Newport (Champlain). Title was taken to required this could be done without act of Congress. It meant just the acceptance 30 acres at the Sieur de Monts Spring and that locality, with the Abbe Museum later by the Government of the offer of the Trustees to turn over certain of their established there, has become a place of resort on the Island second only to the lands to the perpetual care of the Federal authorities. This proved to be the summit of Cadillac. In 1917 Mrs. George G. Hayward conveyed to the Trustees first step in the larger plan advocated with resolute persistence by Mr. Dorr and 190 acres on the western side of Sargent Mountain with a "corridor" running down finally an Act establishing the Lafayette National Park was passed by Congress to the Sound and the holdings of the Trustees on the western half of the Island on February 26, 1919. The national monument, together with further lands were begun by the gift by Dean William Draper Lewis and Mr. Charlton Yarnall transferred by the Trustees, was merged into the Park and Mr. Dorr was appointed of 100 acres at Valley Cove. Title was taken soon after to tracts on the east side of Superintendent. Ten years later on January 20, 1929, an additional bill was approve Long Pond and on the western slope of Robinson (Acadia) Mountain. by President Coolidge which changed the name to Acadia National Park and authorized the inclusion in the Park holdings of lands beyond the boundaries of the island. In 1919 Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., began his benefactions by the gift to the Trustees of Beech Hill and the cliff on the western shore of Echo Lake. He has since purchased a number of tracts of wild land some of which he has deeded Since the establishment of the Park generous friends have continued to make gifts to the Trustees, or later to the Park, and some he holds and administers with a both of real estate and of money to the Trustees. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Cromwell generous regard to the public interests. Over these lands he has constructed many gave 185 acres on Robinson (Acadia) Mountain as a memorial for Mrs. Cromwell's carriage roads and bridle paths and it is through his generous cooperation that parents, Reverend and Mrs. Cornelius Smith, who had been among the earliest of the "Mountain Road" was constructed in 1932. It is owing not only to the good the summer cottagers at Northeast Harbor. Dr. Abbe, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Henderso sense of the townspeople but also to the large holdings of the Trustees and of and other friends presented the Valley of Duck Brook and Mrs. John Markoe Mr. Rockefeller that the Island has thus far been SO well protected from unsightly added to her earlier gift a piece of property on the north side of Bear Brook. advertising, unnecessary and ugly filling stations, undesirable resorts and from the Mr. T. W. Lawson gave the Valley of Man-of-War Brook in 1922 and the next year constant danger of the forest fires which might in a few hours do a damage which it Archibald Murray and Charlton Yarnall contributed another 300 acre lot on the would take a quarter century to repair. western shore of Somes Sound. A unique donation was that of beautiful Bar Islan at the head of Somes Sound - the gift of Edith Pryor and Caroline Pryor Pine In spite of the care of the Trustees in declining to take title to any areas available in memory of James W. Pryor and John B. Pine. In 1925 also the activities of for houses, the withdrawal from taxation of some such of the wild land in the the Trustees were extended to the mainland by the conveyance of a large tract at the end of Schoodic Point - the eastern bound of Frenchman's Bay. This gift, interior of the island provoked a certain amount of criticism and at the 1913 which included the Moose Islands and Welch Island, came from Faith Moore session of the Maine Legislature an effort was made to revoke the clause in the and Ruth Moore Lee in honor of their father, John G. Moore, who had been the Charter of the Trustees which provided for the exemption of their property from taxation. This was defeated but it was evident that some other method of founder of the summer colony at Grindstone Neck. In 1929 the Trustees received holding the lands for public enjoyment should be discovered. In the spring of that under the will of George Nixon Black of Boston the noble old Black Mansion year Mr. George B. Dorr went to Washington and suggested that the holdings of (Woodlawn) at Ellsworth. The bequest included the house with its unique collectic the Trustees might be consolidated in a national monument or park. This idea of old time furnishings and pictures, the carriage house and its ancient vehicles, th he continued to press with great patience and public spirit through prolonged well-kept gardens and grounds, the remarkable woodlands accessible by the roads built by Colonel Black more than a century ago, and a modest fund for insurance, negotiations. In 1914 Mr. Dorr, Mr. Ernest H. Forbush, Professor M. L. Fernald repairs and upkeep. The Estate is administered by a special committee of the and President Eliot contributed to the National Geographic Magazine certain Trustees of which Mr. Richard W. Hale has been the efficient chairman ever since illustrated articles describing Mount Desert and advocating the establishment there of a National Park. These articles were issued by the Trustees in a special pamphlet the trust was accepted. Mr. and Mrs. Eliason and their daughters are the courteous under the title of "The Unique Island of Mount Desert" which had a noticeable and capable custodians on the premises. The Black Estate is the largest and most important unit now under the care of the Trustees. influence in forming public opinion. Dr. Eliot continued to serve as President of the Corporation until his death in It was not, however, until the summer of 1916 that the negotiations at Washington 1926 and he was succeeded by Mr. Justice Deasy of the Maine Supreme Court, bore fruit. On July 8th President Wilson signed an executive order establishing who had been associated with the enterprise from its inception. Mr. Luquer, the Sieur de Monts National Monument. As no money appropriation was Mr. Albert H. Lynam, Mr. Serenus B. Rodick and Mr. Richard E. McKown have successively served as Secretaries, and Mr. Stebbins, Mr. Edward R Mears and Honorable Guy E. Torrey as Treasurers. The often complicated task of searching titles and passing deeds was long under the diligent care of Mr. Albert H. Lynam and similar work on the western side of the Island has been done by Mr. Schuyler R. Clark. The Trustees of Public Reservations continue to administer their trust with undiminished fidelity and disinterestedness. They serve the public good reliably and without ostentation or reward. Since 1930 they have been steadily transferring their larger holdings to the Acadia National Park but they are ready to accept and administer additional gifts of either land or money. All who are interested in one of the most beautiful regions in North America will recognize that it is exceedingly desirable that certain areas still held in private ownership should be included either in the Park or in the lands held by the Trustees. As illustrations of properties that are needed to round out the Park or to protect the views from the hilltops there may be mentioned the ridge and top of Brown (Norumbega) Mountain, a strip of land on the northern ridge of Newport (Champlain) which cuts through and severs Park holdings, and the Porcupine Islands in Frenchman's Bay. While all the towns on the island have now established public landings there is still need of more access to the shores and for the preservation for public enjoyment of some of the fine headlands and beaches. For historical reasons as well as for beauty of outlook Fernalds Point, the site of the Jesuit Settlement of 1613, should be included in the public lands and appropriately marked by a commemorative tablet. The Trustees offer their services as experienced and disinterested custodians of gifts of land or money which will help to carry out the purpose of the trust "to acquire and to hold for public use and enjoyment lands in Hancock County which have scenic beauty or historical interest." The Triumphant March of An Idea in 1905 (2). Twenty years later a second edition reframed the narrative and included new content. By that time the principle his father articulated in his 1904 by Ronald H. Epp The Right Development of Mount Desert - that the entire island ought to be treated as a public park - further distinguished SAE as a historian. The 2016 celebration of the centennial of the National Park Service and Acadia National Park prompts the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations Consequently, when the preparation and printing of a historical report on to benchmark their own one hundred and fifteen year history. the first thirty years of the Trustees was put forward as a motion by Charles William Eliot, 2nd at the Trustees 1931 annual meeting, the name of his father would be considered. Intended to "stimulate interest and support of the worl This essay places the corporation within an enlarged historical context, providing of the Trustees," the motion included an offer to prepare a map "showing the land the backstory of the HCTPR not only for its critical first four decades but to the Reservations has owned, by whom it was donated and when transferred to the the present day. It identifies key roles played by the Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926) Government or others." Rev. Eliot agreed to research and draft the narrative conten family that both modesty and tact prevented his younger son, Samuel A. Eliot which was first disclosed in the Bar Harbor Times, two years before the Trustees (1862-1950), from discussing in his 1936 essay. Finally, it alludes to the "human published An Historical Sketch and a Record of the HCTPR which included a property side of these property transactions" which its first vice-president, George B. Dorr map and documentation for each of the 129 properties. (1853-1944), delineated in his Acadia National Park, published three years after the Trustees first edition. In varying degrees, these three publications incorporated underlying heritage themes that distinguish the New England approach to conservation from those of On September 6, 2016, as part of the Acadia National Park centennial celebrations, other regions. (3) That is, the regional emphasis on place-based innovation, civic the Trustees installed a HCTPR momument at the Blue Hill Overlook on engagement, moral and ethical concerns for the environment, commitment to Cadillac Mountain. It will inform future generations of park visitors about the self-determination, and reliance on individual leadership. seminal role of the Trustees in park creation and development. This fitting tribute is not the first recognition of Trustee achievement, for no fewer than eight memorials to HCTPR members have been erected on Mount Desert Island, the best known To be sure, the 1936 essay credits Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - SAE's brother - with being the Dorr Memorial. (1) A comparative study of the professional lives of conservation principles derived from his Garden and Forest essays where he forecast the first generation of Trustees and their respective stewardship roles has yet that private land ownership "might soon deprive the public of access" to island to be written. hills, lakes, and views. In that Charles Sprague Sargent serial, Eliot also envisioned a conservation organization "where generous men and women would be ready to buy and give into its keeping some of these fine and strongly characterized works O The Eliot family was aligned with a basic principle of Frederick Law Olmsted nature just as the public library holds books and the art museum pictures - for regarding the recuperative power of natural scenery and the conservation efforts the use and enjoyment of the public." of New England village improvement associations which found their prototype in the 1853 founding of the Laurel Hill Association in Stockbridge, MA. Its aim was to "do such things as shall serve to improve the quality of life and environment," Yet the Trustee historical sketch omits the fact that a decade earlier Harvard College with a focus on streets, walks, and public grounds - and from their experience undergraduates Charles and Samuel Eliot in March 1880 persuaded a half dozen of Mount Desert Island village improvement societies took their lead. their more scientifically-inclined college chums to join them on a summer camping trip to Mount Desert Island, not only to enjoy the splendid landscapes but also to apply their diverse investigative interests. The origin of conservation in Maine is Hindsight and newly uncovered archival resources support the enduring significance envisioned in a Cambridge Massachusetts college residence building two decades of this essay by Reverend Samuel A. Eliot. The first born son of the founder and prior to the well-known August 1901 meeting called by the college president. first president of this organization, Charles W. Eliot, "SAE" (as he sometimes referred to himself) began researching the origin and evolution of this organization three decades prior to the 1939 publication of his history. Following the death For two months each summer over the next four years this Champlain Society in 1903 of Congregational minister George Street, his family asked Rev. Eliot engaged in field studies, recording at Camp Pemetic climatic, botanical, geological to edit the rough drafts of Street's Mount Desert. A History which was published and biological data. Throughout the 1880's the Champlain Society compiled the - disciplinary natural histories focused on the island's biodiversity. Their logbooks - preserved by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society - are the earliest surviving documents advocating the protection of Maine's landscape. As early as 1881, budding botanist Edward L. Rand wrote that there was only one "feasible [strategy] to protect the beauty of the Island A company of interested parties could buy at a small cost the parts of the Island less desirable for building purposes [and] add from time to time such of the more desirable lots as they could obtain control of either by purchase or by arrangement with the proprietors [and] this park shall be free to all." (4) Rand credits this idea to Charles Eliot, who wrote in January of 1884 that an organization for the preservation of Mount Desert Island was "a necessity." (5) Following an exhaustive study of the conservation challenges faced on several continents and extensive collegial consensus building, Eliot accomplished the pivotal step on May 21, 1891 when he secured the legislative charter for the Massachusetts Trustees of Public Reservations. As the first land trust in the world, Harvard University president C. W. Eliot was asked to serve in its preeminent role shortly after the untimely death of his son Charles; he held that role from 1905-1926 while serving as well from 1901 to 1926 as HCTPR president. In his 1902 literary homage to his son, Charles Eliot Landscape Architect, the father embraced and extended the principles of his eldest son who pointed out in 1890 the threat to coastal Maine of "this annual flood of humanity as to rob it of that flavor of wildness and remoteness which hitherto has hung about it, and which constitutes its refreshing charm." Another threat emphasized by the Trustees longest serving officer, George L. Stebbins (1862-1952) was a turn of the century deforestation innovation, the portable gasoline saw mill which kept the Trustees "just one jump ahead of the lumbermen." (6) As a result of the Seal Harbor gathering called in August 1901, this second American land trust was created days before Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the 26th president of the United States - inaugurating the Era of Progressivism. The distinctive New England conservation theme of individual leadership is emphasized in Samuel Eliot's essay although more attention is rightly given to the leadership zeal of his brother Charles, his father C. W. Eliot, and George B. Dorr. The Trustees broadened their constituency in the early years by adding not only members from the dominant elite financial and intellectual circles but local professions and merchants. For three decades George B. Dorr was the principal Prerious page- Sand Beach land acquisition agent. The forces of leadership were extended when philanthropist roads on the landscape, and the growth and development of island villages SO John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) responded to a 1915 Trustee appeal from that "harmonious relations" between these lands and those of the Park can be C. W. Eliot for financial assistance to cover title search expenses associated with jointly devised. approvals for national monument status. When this unprecedented gift was offered to the United States Department of the Interior, donors were greeted with hostility These concerns were quite unlike the agenda items documented in HCTPR minutes by congressmen suspicious of any expression of public philanthropy. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. was not alone in judging this BHVIA publication as a new assault akin to the 1924 Lafayette National Park Road Hearings before Secretary Unlike the small land parcels secured by village improvement societies, Trustee of the Interior Hubert Work that were championed by wilderness advocate success in securing large tracts of land raised new boundary issues since contiguous U.S. Senator George Pepper. Rockefeller interpreted the BHVIA report as a reprise properties had benefits for wildlife management. Moreover, after the attempt by of the criticism four years earlier. That is, a more concerted local effort to gain local merchants in 1913 to influence the legislative revocation of the HCTPR control of park development, segregate island wilderness areas, and disrupt motor tax-exempt status, the stricter requirements of the federal government again forced and carriage road construction. the Trustee counsel to double-down efforts to document ownership. Eliot's report did not arouse public support and its recommendations were not The narrative of Rev. Eliot skirted the legal and political processes that led to the supported by Rockefeller or the National Park Service. Despite this response, over establishment of the Sieur de Monts National Monument in 1916 and its elevation the next six decades Charles W. Eliot, 2nd actively scrutinized the HCTPR and to Lafayette National Park three years later, the first national park in New England Acadia National Park with a degree of persistence and abiding concern that rivaled and east of the Mississippi River. Federalization elevated the HCTPR to national the historic conservation efforts of his father (SAE) and grandfather, arguing prominence as its officers wrote articles on this achievement, some solicited fiercely to the end of his days for the importance of not imposing boundaries by National Geographic Magazine. Furthermore, a most important National Parks on future park development - and for the acquisition of new properties that Association publication in 1924 by its executive secretary, Robert Sterling Yard, established "whole natural units," what today would be described as ecosystems. made clear that Acadia "did not originate in a desire to have a National Park on Mount Desert Island, but in the need to preserve an area of beauty and distinction," Coincident with the appearance of this report, the citizens of Hancock County SO that future generations might have a place that was free - in Dorr's own words - received an enduring gift from a native born Ellsworth son, George Nixon Black, Jr "from the encroachments of commercialism [where] the wildlife, both plant and He was 86 years of age at the time of his death in October 1928 and his animal, [is conserved]." (7) Black House estate joined the Ellsworth Public Library as tangible evidence of his attachment to his hometown. (8) The Black family 180-acre estate was conceived by With the number of acres under federal authority nearly tripled at the close of its donor as a legacy instrument, a museum, and public park. the first decade of the Park, local concerns about external control over island governance issues came to a head. Landscape architect Charles W. Eliot, 2nd The Trustees accepted the gift and created a special committee to administer it, (1899-1993) was enlisted by the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association chaired by Boston attorney Richard Waldron Hale (1871-1943). Trustee activities to research island development and prepare a report. Much earlier in 1895, their shifted from Bar Harbor to Ellsworth where Trustee and Islesford museum Roads and Paths committee had advocated the purchase and preservation of island curator William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939) soon uncovered in the Black House attic landscapes but three decades later the issue appeared fraught with complications. extensive collections of manuscripts and documentation covering three centuries of New England history. These findings energized Hale's committee and later engaged Trustee minutes disclose recurring evidence that the future health of the island the interest of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. was bound up with the future of the park. But unlike past Trustee behavior, the grandson of the recently deceased Trustee president was convinced that greater On August 29, 1929, the Trustees conveyed "to the United States all lands owned local scrutiny of park policies was necessary to correct the perceived negative by the Corporation - at that time - on Mount Desert Island." After three decades impacts of park expansion. The 1928 report, The Future of Mount Desert Island, of active property pursuit and the administration of vast public lands, the emotiona emphasized current uncertainties about the extent of Park growth, the policies elevation of this culminant act was offset by quiet concern about the future of governing the selection of wilderness areas, the impact of carriage and motor the corporation now that its mission had been realized. Instead, throughout the 17 1 Great Depression and without any formal declaration, the Trustees shifted from pursuit of permanent security for their properties to development of the cultural potential of the Black House. Archival records are sketchy on the issues that now faced the Trustees though there is a public record that Hale submitted a letter to the editor of the Bar Harbor Times on January 2, 1931 - without official sanction - declaring his intention to make a motion at the August meeting that the Trustees declare themselves in favor of "well-known [mountain] names." This volley targeted by implication Trustee vice-president George B. Dorr. Beginning in 1917, the new Sieur de Monts National Monument custodian made successive requests to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to rename Mount Desert Island mountains. At a public celebration a year earlier, Luere Deasy (1860-1940) had praised fellow Incorporator Charles W. Eliot for "taking nearly half the hills of the island as a national monument." While Dorr's motives for renaming were complex, he argued repeatedly that most island mountain names were "undistinguished" as opposed to the recommended names that connoted French and indigenous historical associations that would persist in the consciousness of future generations. Nonetheless, for fifteen years most of his renaming requests were approved and subsequently identified on published maps, much to the chagrin of some. Richard W. Hale and historian Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) favored traditional names. (8) The Trustees were polled on this issue, editorial letters were published in the Bar Harbor Times, and while specific reference to Dorr was unstated, this controversy brought to public attention internal discord within the corporation which persisted for years. Such controversy only fueled Trustee apprehension about their mission. Had the corporation shifted mission from Hancock County land conservation for the public good to preservation of an Ellsworth historic residential property? Reverend Eliot's 1936 historical essay made the point that it was not a choice between one or the other. In its opening paragraph he affirms that "the origins and achievements of this organization need to be recorded, its activities extended, its endowments enlarged, its methods adopted elsewhere." In its concluding paragraph, he affirmed that the Trustees are "ready to accept and administer additional gifts or land or money" both within or outside Acadia National Park. He then identifies numerous locations where properties are needed "to round out the Park or to protect the views from the hilltops [and secure] more access to the shores and the fine headlands and beaches." drown the D. noh on Eliot also acknowledged "the often complicated task of searching titles and In a few years, Hancock County communities would again experience passing deeds under the diligent care of Mr. Albert H. Lynam [and] Trustee-related loss when hearing of the deaths in 1952 and 1953 of two other Mr. Schuyler R. Clark." To these names must be added Luere B. Deasy (1860-1940) exceptional leaders, the Hon. John A. Peters and G. L. Stebbins (who served as its and Ellsworth's own Hon. John A. Peters (1864-1953). In 2008 the professional treasurer and president for more than fifty years). New challenges and opportunities library of John A. Peters was discovered in the Ellsworth attic of attorneys arose for the Trustees in the last half of the 20th-century. Nonetheless, historian Hale & Hamlin. This author and Woodlawn excutive director Joshua Torrance Edward P. Moses captured the thrust of the HCTPR achievement. Namely, that secured access. Therein were unique documents relating to the Black family, they developed an adaptable donation-based strategy for transforming a local land George B. Dorr, the Richard W. Hale family, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and trust into parkland protected by the enduring power of the federal government. George L. Stebbins that demonstrated the scope of Peters' conservation legacy In 1933 this Great Smoky Mountains National Park historian identified the scope both within and outside Hancock County. of this new philanthropic concept: The Trustees "started something, which has already gone from the coast of Maine as far west as California [and] I can recall no such triumphant march of an idea in the history of this country Similarly, confidential files of the Bar Harbor law firm of Deasy & Lynam were since the Armistice." first opened to scholars in 2010. Client records for thousands of transactions from 1884 to 1960 enabled researchers to appreciate the complexities of title and deed searches that Luere B. Deasy and Albert H. Lynam (1871-1934) completed for NOTES George B. Dorr and John D. Rockefeller Jr. The Douglas B. Chapman Archive of Deasy-Lynam files show the professional collaboration with John A. Peters as well 1. Other memorials were established within the 8. Will of George Nixon Black. Probate No. 236276. as the daunting legal tasks these Hancock County attorneys faced, especially when park or neighboring villages for Trustees Waldron Suffolk County, Massachusetts. See also William N. Bates, George B. Cooksey, Charles W. Eliot, Ernesto Banks, "History in Houses," Magazine Antiques 163 further challenged by the rigorous standards of the distant federal government. (10) Fabbri, Charles T. How, John Innes Kane, and (January 2003) and Jane Goodrich, "Curious George: William Otis Sawtelle. Woodlawn's Enigmatic Benefactor," Woodlawn Museum Newsletter 3, #3 (Summer 2006). New Trustee president David H. Morris (1872-1944) expanded Rev. Eliot's published commitments the following year, arguing that "we keep the corporation 2. An important brief essay by Rev. Eliot's grandson (Michael McGiffert) on the first edition of Street's 9. See-Ronald H. Epp, "Superintendent Dorr and the not only technically, but also, substantially, alive and vigorous and endeavor to serve history was published in The Mount Desert Island Mountain Naming Controversy," Chebacco: The Magazine the community in the field of owning property for public access and enjoyment." Historical Society History Journal (1999). of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society 15 (2014): 84-94. He further broadened the mission by emphasizing Trustee responsibility "to form public opinion," noting that future gifts "might favor national and remote control." 3. "Land Conservation in New England," in Twentieth- Morris thought strategically, focusing attention on the need for a new vision, Century New England I and Conservation. A Heritage of 10. Of the 129 properties recorded in the 1939 Ciric Engagement. Ed. Charles H. W. Foster. Cambridge, publication, a chronological analysis reveals that 25 wet organizational structure, and commitments more far reaching than financial support. MA: Harvard University Press, 2009. recorded between 1908 and 1913 when the HCTPR charter was threatened in Augusta. Then from 1914 until the establishment of the national park in 1919, The death in 1944 of George B. Dorr was another signal of the end of an 4. Charles W. Eliot 2nd, "S.A.E. and Champlain 55 properties were secured, and the remaining 49 Society," handwritten chronology. Mount Desert were added before the "final" transfer to the federal era, prompting his executor, John A. Peters, to engage the Trustees in a plan Island Historical Society Archives. government in 1931. for a fitting memorial at Sieur de Monts Spring that recognized the "Father of Acadia National Park." The August 29, 1947 dedication address delivered by Peters 5. Report of the Botanical Department. 1880. Edward emphasized anew the importance of the Trustees when he noted in his address that Lothrop Rand Papers. Gray Herbarium Archives. to secure these parklands "our Government had to be powerfully stimulated to Harvard University. take action [for] government inertia which clogs initiative in such matters had to be overcome by personal energy and intelligent persistence." So too, it was not the 6. Opening remarks. Dorr Memorial dedication. government but the Trustees who established through this memorial "a permanent August 1947. record to advise posterity of the name of their benefactor and the boundaries of his life." 7. Robert Sterling Yard. An Analysis of afayette National Park (Washington, D.C.: National Parks Association, 1924). 21 2 Beyond Acadia: The Trustees role at Woodlawn It is unclear why George Nixon Black, Jr. left the estate to the Hancock County by Joshua Campbell Torrance Trustees of Public Reservations. In his original will he specifies that the Black Estate, "called Woodlawn, including the land, buildings, furniture, and picture therein," was to be bequeathed to the City of Ellsworth, Maine and kept "as a In 1901, forward-thinking citizens on Mount Desert Island formed the Hancock public park; the house and grounds and wood roads to be kept as they now are County Trustees of Public Reservations (Trustees) to acquire lands for free public the main house to be always kept in order and open to visitors under reasonable use. Empowered by the Maine Legislature in 1903 to own lands of "scenic beauty, regulations." However, in a second codicil to this will, dated August 23, 1911, Mr. Black directed that the Woodlawn estate be left to Trustees. historical significance, scientific study or sanitary value," the Trustees acquired nearly 5,000 acres. In 1916, they donated their holdings to the United States, forming the core of what became Acadia National Park. The Trustees legacy, however, extends This change in the will could have been as a result of the influence of the beyond the confines of Acadia National Park. The Trustees have owned and made Honorable John A. Peters. Judge Peters, Black's first cousin through his mother, the Woodlawn estate, home of the famous Black House, available for public use and Mary Peters Black, was born on August 13, 1864 in Ellsworth, Maine. He enjoyment since 1929. attended Bowdoin College where he received an undergraduate degree in 1885 and a Master of Arts degree in 1888. After graduation he practiced law, first in For over one hundred years, three generations of the Colonel John Black family Bar Harbor and then in Ellsworth. Early in his career, Judge Peters had a successful owned the Woodlawn estate, which includes a federal-styled mansion, 180 acres, law practice and was named to the Ellsworth Municipal Court. He also was and outbuildings. The main residence is a federal-style brick home, built between involved in politics, being elected to the State legislature in 1909, which forced 1824 and 1827 by Colonel John Black and is based on a design by Asher Benjamin. him to resign as Municipal Judge, and later also successfully ran for the U.S. House Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Black House contains its of Representatives, 3rd District, in 1913. He remained a member of Congress until original family furnishings and art. It is also the repository for the extensive Black 1922 when he resigned to accept an appointment to the Federal District Court, a family archives documenting the importance of Colonel Black and his family in the position he held until 1946. (1) economic, political, and cultural development of Maine. The records and archives of the Trustees are also housed at Woodlawn. Judge Peters was considered to be Ellsworth's first, and finest, citizen. His Maple Street home was just a few hundred feet from the entrance to the George Nixon Black, Jr. was the last member of the family to live at the estate, Woodlawn estate. Judge Peters was a member of the Hancock County Trustees inheriting it from his father. Born in 1842, the grandson of Colonel John Black, of Public Reservations, joining in 1924, and played an active role in the formation George Nixon Black, Jr. lived a long and well-traveled life. An enthusiastic collector of Acadia National Park. George Nixon Black, Jr. left Judge Peters a substantial and participant in the Colonial Revival movement, which emerged after the sum of money in his will and also named him as the executor of his will. It 1876 Centennial celebrations, Black added an eclectic assortment of furniture and is perhaps his relationship with Peters that led Black to leave his estate to the decorative items to the furnishings already in place from previous generations. Trustees since Peters is the closest link between Black and the group. Yet it was in 1911 that Black had changed his will to replace the City of Ellsworth with the Trustees as recipients of the estate, and by that date Judge Peters had not yet George Nixon Black, Jr. died in October of 1928, at the age of 86. His will joined the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. It is possible that the included gifts of furniture and decorative art objects to the Museum of Fine Art City of Ellsworth simply refused to accept the gift of a landed estate even though in Boston, and bequests to various friends, family and charitable institutions. But it had accepted a public library from Black in 1898. Unfortunately, minutes of the his beloved Woodlawn and its historic contents were left to the Hancock County city council meetings from that period were lost to fire in 1933. Complicating the Trustees of Public Reservations, who formally voted to accept the property on complete history more is that very little of Black's correspondence survives. August 20, 1929. For over eighty-seven years, Woodlawn has been preserved and cared for by a remarkable group of people, mainly volunteers, initially spearheaded by Richard W. Hale, Esq. a member of the Hancock County Trustees Although George Nixon Black, Jr. willed the property to the Trustees, there was of Public Reservations. considerable internal debate over whether or not the Trustees should accept the property. An area of major concern for the Trustees was the lack of an adequate endowment, as Black only left a modest sum of $50,000. It was obvious to many that the physical maintenance needs of the property were considerable. 25 Previous have- Woodlawn Estate. Ellsworth. Maine 21 U11 juiy LU, 1747 LIIC musics 111CL LU constuct 11 uncy SHOULD accupe DIALA bequest. It was agreed that an effort to raise an additional $50,000 would be undertaken before accepting Woodlawn. The Trustees elected a fundraising committee consisting of residents from Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, and Ellsworth. (2) Clarence Stetson, a member of the Trustees, wrote an open letter to Judge Deasy, president of the organization, published in the Ellsworth American, in which he announces his $1,000 donation that he hoped would "show my interest and perhaps service in stimulating others (to) preserve for Maine an estate which, to my mind rivals and in some respects excels Mount Vernon." (3) On August 20, 1929 the Trustees met again to consider the bequest. On hand to answer questions about the Woodlawn estate was Judge Peters. After discussions, the Trustees formally accepted the property, on a vote proposed by Richard W. Hale. The additional $50,000 endowment was never raised. Shortly after the acceptance of the property, H.J.R. Tewksbury wrote in the Portland Sunday Telegram about the controversial decision of the Trustees to accept the property. He wrote: There was some opposition to accepting "Woodlawn" on the part of those who did not appreciate its beauty and could not realize the value of such a memorial. But those who knew its real value as a place of historical interest carried the day, accepted the gift and formulated plans for raising an additional $50,000 to help provide for its maintenance. (4) However, not all were pleased that the Woodlawn estate passed to the Trustees. Franklin E. Jordan, writing for the Boston Evening Transcript on August 24, 1929, authored an article with the headline, "Boston Loses, and Maine Gains: Woodlawn Estate to Remain in Ellsworth, Maine." In the article he remarks that the fate of the property had been in question since the 1928 death of George Nixon Black, Jr. and that the Trustees acceptance of the bequest meant that the Boston Museum of Fine Art's chances of receiving its contents had ended. (5) On the contrary, the Ellsworth American saw the acceptance of Woodlawn by the Trustees as a "major step forward." The August 28, 1929 article went on to remark: Most satisfactory is the decision of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations to accept the bequest of the famous Black property at Ellsworth Woodlawn, central ballway 28 to be held as a public park and museum. It would have been little short of a to return and consummate the cordial welcome of which the old place SO crime had the generous proffer been permitted to lapse. (6) well intimates. (7) With the formal acceptance of the Woodlawn Estate by the Hancock County For the next several decades, the Trustees focus became more and more narrowed Trustees of Public Reservations, the task of organizing it as a park and museum on their role as stewards of Woodlawn, aided in their task by Nixon Black's fell into the hands of Mr. Richard Walden Hale, who was appointed the first chair caretakers, Mr. and Mrs. Eliason. In time, they developed Woodlawn into a widely of the newly created House Committee by the Executive Committee. He led the prized and beloved cultural institution, with their efforts ongoing today. Yet their early efforts to organize and open Woodlawn as a historic house. In this role he was support of Acadia National Park did not cease with their 1916 gift. In 1929 they acting as the de facto director, while also looking over the long-term interests and donated a large tract of land in Winter Harbor, creating the Schoodic Peninsula direction of Woodlawn. portion of the park. In 1959, they donated 279 acres in Southwest Harbor and 250 acres in Tremont. Several smaller parcels were donated in the 1960s. In 1986, the Trustees donated an additional 110 acres in Winter Harbor. In celebration of th Hale's efforts as Chairman of the Black House Committee are notable. Park's Centennial, the Trustees transferred their last remaining property within the He worked tirelessly to fundraise for capital repairs, to expand the boundary of the Park, 2 acres near Seawall in Southwest Harbor, in 2016. Through endowment, to research the collections and chiefly to attract more visitors. their projects to create Acadia National Park and develop Woodlawn as an enduring Hale enlisted Professor William Otis Sawtelle to help. A professor of cultural institution, the Trustees have created a lasting legacy by building a sense of physics at Haverford College in Haverford, PA, he was also an enthusiastic place and community pride enjoyed by millions each year. historian and collector, opening the Islesford Historical Museum on Little Cranberry Island, Maine, which today is operated by Acadia National Park. He was an original member of the House Committee, and became the expert at NOTES telling the story of the Black family and of Woodlawn. After exploring the house and purportedly finding documents hidden in the attic, Sawtelle delivered a series 1. The Ellsworth American, "Looking Backward-Judge John A. Peters," Ellsworth, Maine, December 12, 2002. of lectures titled "The Historic Background of Eastern Maine" and "What the Old Highboy Could Tell." According to articles in the Bangor Daily News and other area newspapers, these talks were given to Lions' Clubs, women's groups and Chambers 2. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to Richard W. Hale, 5 December 1930, Records of Hancock County Trustees of Public of Commerce all along the coast of Maine, as well as being broadcast on WLBZ, Reservations, Woodlawn Muscum, Ellsworth, Maine. the local radio station in Bangor. 3. The Ellsworth American, "A Maine Shrine: Clarence Stetson of Bangor Extols 'Woodlawn' in Ellsworth," Ellsworth, From his research at Woodlawn, Sawtelle developed a keen understanding of the Maine, July 31, 1929. unique value of the Woodlawn estate. In a speech given to the Woman's League in Belfast, Maine he remarked: 4. Portland Sunday Telegram, "Old Black Mansion Built 127 years Ago Becomes Mecca of Antiquarians," Portland, Maine, September 1, 1929. When the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations voted unanimously last August to accept the bequest of the late George Nixon Black of Boston 5. "Boston Loses, and Maine Gains: Woodlawn Estate to and Ellsworth, of Woodlawn an action was taken the importance of which, Remain in Ellsworth, Maine" Boston Evening Transcript, I believe is but little appreciated in Maine. Not only has there been preserved Boston, Massachusetts, August 24, 1929. for Maine, but something which is a valuable asset to the Nation. In one sense the house and contents is a museum; in another it is not. For where will you 6. The Ellsworth American, "A Forward Step," Ellsworth, find, anywhere a place in which the visitor sees spread before him furniture Maine, August 28, 1929. and belongings which exhibit what may be termed a review of decorative art undisturbed for three successive generations? One has the feeling while 7. Belfast Republican Journal, "Sawtelle speaks before Women's roaming about the place, that one is in reality a visitor just waiting for the family League of historic background of Eastern Maine," Belfast, Maine, November 7, 1929. 2 A Record of the Derivation and Transfer of the Grantor: George B. Dorr. Date of deed: Sept. 16, 1912. Holdings of the Trustees (to 1939) Date recorded: Sept. 21, 1912. Hancock Registry 493-422. Note: This is the listing as presented in the 1939 publication. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. LOT NO. 1. LOT NO. 5. LOT NO. 8c. A lot consisting of 160 acres on the A lot comprised of 160 acres on Same as lot 8a and 8b. This deed southwest shore of Eagle Lake. the south shore of Eagle Lake and releases a right of way, conveys a Grantors: George B. Dorr bounded on the cast by the brook tax title, and a small tract of land Bar Harbor Water Co. running from Bubble Pond to Eagle near the Green Mountain Deeds dated: Sept. 16, 1912; Lake and by the West shore R. R. terminal. June 4, 1914. of Bubble Pond. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Deeds recorded: Sept. 21, 1912; Grantor: George B. Dorr. Date of deed: May 24, 1915. July 3, 1914. Date of deed: May 24, 1915. Deed recorded: June 9, 1915. Hancock County Registry 508-418; Date recorded: June 9, 1915. Hancock Registry 514-543. 493-22. Hancock Registry 514-543. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Conveyed to U.S.A: 623-139. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. LOT NO. LOT NO. 2 2. LOT NO. 6. The Eagle Lake Terminal lot of The second lot west of the brook Three hundred and eighty acres (380) the Green Mountain Railway; 5 running from Bubble Pond (Turtle including a portion of the north-west acres. Lake) to Eagle Lake and on the south slope of Sargent Mountain. The Grantor: George B. Dorr. shore of Eagle Lake. northcast bound is part of the Mount Date of deed: May 24, 1915. Contains 43 acres. Desert-Eden town line. Deed recorded: June 9, 1915. Grantors: Bar Harbor Water Co. Donation of land. Hancock Registry 514-543. Frank (). Alley. Grantor: George- L. Stebbins. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Deeds dated: June 4, 1914; Date of deed: March 18, 1912. May 19, 1915. Date recorded: March 28, 1912. LOT NO. 10. Deeds recorded: July 3, 1914; Hancock Registry 488-409. Lot bordering on the eastern shore May 19, 1915. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509 of Eagle Lake, north of the. R.R. Hancock County Registry 505-418; terminal lot. This lot is numbered 514-376. LOT NO. 7. 57 on the Peters Plan. Acres-75. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. A triangular lot of uncertain acreage, Grantor: George B. Dorr. it being variously described in deeds Date of deed: March 23, 1911. LOT NO. 3. as containing from 10 to 50 acres, Deed recorded: April 1, 1911. Forty-three acres on the south shore east and south of Sargent's or Hancock Registry 478-216. of Eagle Lake adjacent to lot No. 2. Pretty (Putty) Mountain. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Grantor: Bar Harbor Water Co. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Deed dated: June 4, 1914. Date of Deed: May 24, 1915. LOT NO. 11. Deed recorded: July 3, 1914. Deed recorded: June 9, 1915. The "Mountain House Lot" Hancock Registry 505-418. Hancock Registry 514-543. consisting of 85.4 acres at the Conveyed to U.S.A 568-509. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. summit of Green Mountain. The conveyance is subject to the rights LOT NO. 4. LOT NO. 8a. of the Green Mountain Railway A triangular lot of 40 acres lying A lot cast of Eagle Lake and Turtle Co. to a strip 6 rods wide. See Lots southwest of Eagle Lake. It adjoins Lake including the northwest slope 21 and 62. lot 2 and extends onto of Green (Cadillac) Mountain, White Grantors: Perry H. Brewer and Little Bubble Mountain. Cap. Contains about 1,000 acres. Marion McFarland. Grantor: Bar Harbor Water Co. Grantor: Charles C. Morrison. Frank L. Brewer, individually and Heirs of F. M. Connors. Date of deed: May 22, 1915. as trustee under the will of Daniel Deeds dated: June 4, 1914; Date recorded: May 24, 1915. W. Brewer. March 19, 1915. Hancock Registry 515-224. Deeds dated: Oct. 26, 1908. Deeds recorded: July 3, 1914; Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Deeds recorded: Nov. 20, 1908. May 21, 1915. Hancock County Registry 455- Hancock Registry: 505-418; 514-392. LOT NO. 8b. 187, 455-185. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Same lot as 8a. The deed to 8a Conveyed to the U.S.A. 568-509. conveyed a tax title. The deed to 8b covers the main record title. Does not include R.R. terminus. LOT NO. 12. LOT NO. 15. to Eagle Lake and adjacent to the LOT NO. 25. LOT NO. 30. LOT NO. 36. First Deed: The "Dry Mountain A parcel of land containing 301/2 northeast corner of the How Lot. The lot is a strip of land east of the Site of Champlain Monument. Two lots on the northeast shore of Tract." This lot is a large tract which acres cast of the Otter Creek Road Grantor: George B. Dorr. Otter Creek Road and includes the Grantors: Richard M. Hoe, Tracy Eagle Lake and immediately south includes a portion of the south slope extending up the side of Picket Date of deed: May 24, 1915. northwest slope of Picket Mountain Dows, Charlton Dows Cooksey, of the Eagle Lake Road, containing of Kebo Mountain, the summit and Mountain to the timber line. Deed recorded: June 9, 1915. and contains 50 acres. The deed to lot Eunice Cooksey, Trustees under will total of 4 acres. north portion of Dry Mountain and Grantor: RodickRealty Co. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. 12 seems to include this lot. of Linda Dows Cooksey. Grantor: Bar Harbor Water Co. the east slope of Green Mountain. Deed dated: May 7, 1915. Grantor: Rodick Realty Co. Deed dated: May 14; 1908. Date of deed: Dec. 23, 1915. Acreage is not given in the deeds but Deed recorded: May 26, 1915. LOT NO. 20. Date of deed: Dec. 18, 1909. Recorded: June 5, 1908 in Hancock Deed recorded: June 20, 1917. it must be well above 1,000 acres. Hancock Registry 514-448. Seventy-four acres bordering the Deed recorded: March 2, 1910. County Registry 450-310. lancock Registry 535-506. Grantor: Rodick Realty Co. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. northeast shore of Jordan Pond. Hancock Registry 468-35. Conveyed to U.S.A. 628-18. Date of deed: Dec. 18, 1909. Grantor: George R. I lagerthy. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. LOT NO. 31. Deed recorded: March 2, 1910. LOT NO. 16. Date of deed: Oct. 16, 1911. Five acres on Bar Hill, Seal Harbor. LOT NO. 37. Hancock Registry 467-500. This lot includes the whole of the Deed recorded: Oct. 27, 1911. LOT NO. 26. Grantor: George B. Cooksey. Four lots containing 43.3 acres Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. western shore of Jordan Pond and Hancock Registry 483-263. The northeast portion of Picket Date of deed: Sept. 1908. situated between the northern end ( ) Second Deed: extends south to the "Settler's Lots" By deed recorded 493-429 the Mountain, part of the valley between Deed recorded: Sept. 24, 1908. Eagle Lake and the Eagle Lake Road About 138.8 acres east of the Otter as designated on the Peter's plan. H.C.T.P.R. imposes covenants Picket and Newport Mountains and Hancock Registry 454-81. Grantor: Bar Harbor Water Co. Creek Road, north of the brook It includes the southern portion of running with the land in favor of the some of the west slope of Newport Conveyed to George B. Dorr Deed dated: Aug. 30,1924. which drains the valley between Sargent's Mountain, all of Jordan Seal Harbor Water Supply Co. Mountain; 50 acres. 631-250. Deed recorded: Sept. 4, 1924. Picket and Newport Mountains, Mountain and land to the west Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Grantor: Rodick Realty Co. Hancock Registry 589-309. south of the land of Morrell, and of these mountains. The lot is Date of deed: Dec. 18, 1909. LOT NO. 32. Conveyed to U.S.A. 628-214. extends easterly over Picket Mountain sometimes known as Howe's Jordan LOT NO. 21. Deed recorded: March 2,1910. Lot near the Old Post Road and the and up the west slope of Pond lot and is comprised of A strip 6 rods wide through lots 8, 9 Hancock Registry 468-35. private way of Markoe LOT NO. 37a. Newport Mountain. about 2,040 acres. and 11, is relieved of the easement Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. and Dorr, 8.6 acres. A release of all rights except the fee Grantor: Rodick Realty Co. Grantors: John S. Melcher, of way and other rights held by the Grantor: Matilda C. Markoe. in a private way and a strip of land Deed dated: Dec. 18, 1909. George L. Stebbins. Green Mountain Railway Co. LOT NO. 27. Date of deed: Oct, 6, 1920. 150 feet wide on the shore of Eagle Deed recorded: March 2, 1910. Dates of deeds: March 7, 1912; As to Lot 11 see Lot No. 62. As to The southeast quarter of Newport Deed recorded: Oct. 12, 1920. Lake in SO far as they pertain Hancock Registry 468-35. March 18, 1912. lots 8 and 9 squares-probably barred Mountain and extending casterly to Conveyed to U.S.A. 556-100, 633-557. to lot 37. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Recorded: March 16, 1912; by limitation. the Schooner Head Road. Acres 62. Grantor: Bar Harbor Water Co. Third Deed: April 4, 1912. Grantor: Rudolph E. Brunnow. LOT NO. 33. Date of deed: Aug. 10, 1927. Includes land from the ridge of Hancock Registry 487-272; 488-456. LOT NO. 22. Date of deeds: Oct 15, 1912; Lot on the west side of the Schooner Deed recorded: Oct. 19, 1928. Green Mountain east to the Tarn and Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Rights of the Green Mountain May 29, 1916. Head Road immediately north Hancock Registry 620-519. southeast from the Gilmore-Brewer Carriage Road Co. to a strip 3 rods Deeds recorded: Oct. 22, 1912; Bear Brook, containing two-thirds Conveyed to U.S.A. 628-214. division line. LOT NO. 17. wide across lot 8. June 13, 1916. of an acre. Grantor: Rodick Realty Co. Nine hundred acres East of Jordan Grantor: Fred C. Lynam, Green Mt. Hancock Registry 494-126; 528-101. Grantor: Matilda C. Markoe. LOT NO. 38. Date of deed: May 7, 1915. Pond including the south Bubble, Carriage Co., by Geo. Dorr. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Date of deed: Oct. 9, 1909. Land surrounding Lake Wood Deed recorded: May 26, 1915. Pemetic and Triad Mountains The Date of deed: May 27, 1915. Deed recorded: Oct. 18, 1909. (Lakewood) excepting lot 39. Lot 38 Hancock Registry 514-448. tract is sometimes designated as the Deed recorded: June 2, 1915. LOT NO. 28. Hancock Registry 463-513. is about 100 acres in extent. Conveyed to U.S.A. cast half of the Jordan Purchase. Hancock Registry 515-293. Lot extends from the south ridge Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-557. Grantors: Frank L. Brewer, Abbie The above deeds overlap to some Grantor: George 1. Stebbins Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509; 516-418. of Newport Mountain eastward Brewer, George R. Haggerthy. extent. See also lots 15, 25, 26,86. Date of deed: March 9, 1912. toward the Schooner Head Road and LOT NO. 34. Deed dated: Dec. 12, 1913. Deed recorded: March 19. 1912. LOT N0.23. contains about 210 acres. Pryor's Island. (Bar Island. Somes Deed recorded: Dec. 12, 1913. LOT NO. 13. Hancock Registry 488-341. A lot southeast of Morrell Park and Grantors: Anna B. Bliss and William Sound). Hancock Registry 583-388. The "Notch" or "Gulch" lot lying Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. cast of the land of the Wild Gardens H. Bliss. Grantors: Edith Pryor, Conveyed to U.S.A. 585-221. between Green and Dry Mountains of Acadia, 14 acres. Date of deed: October 1915. Caroline Pryor Pine. consisting of 300 acres of timber LOT. NO. 18 Grantor: George B. Dorr. Date recorded: January 8; 1916. Date of deed: July 18, 1925. LOT NO. 39. land. See lot 86. Lot west of Turtle Lake and Date of deed: May 29, 1916. Hancock Registry 521-123. Deed recorded: Aug. 3, 1925. Lot of 30 acres touching the north Grantor: Rodick Realty Co. northeast of the Mt. Desert-Eden Deed recorded: June 1. 1916. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Hancock Registry 596-57. shore of Lakewood and north of Deed dated: May7, 1915. Town Line, containing 200 acres. Hancock Registry 528-103. Conveyed to U.S.A. 602-162. the brook. Deed recorded: May 26, 1915. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. LOT NO. 29. Grantor: William E. Peach. Hancock Registry 514-448. Dates of deeds: Sept. 16, ,1912; Thirty acres on the southeast shore LOT NO. 35. Deed dated: Dec. 12, 1923. Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-294. May 24, 1915. LOT NO. 24. of Jordan Pond. The Hayward Lot on the Northeast Deed recorded: Dec. 12, 1923. Deeds recorded: Sept. 21, 1912; Lot at the northeast corner of the Grantor: Seal Harbor Water Harbor-Somesville Road. It extends Hancock Registry 583-380. LOT NO. 14. June 9, 1915. Tarn and east of the Otter Creek Supply Co. westward to Somes Sound at the Conveyed to U.S.A. 585-221. Sixty-four and one-half acres south Hancock County Registry 493-422; Road, containing three-fourths Date of deed: Sept. 8, 1915. brook south of Sargent's Point. of the Little Meadow and west of the 514-543. of an acre. Deed recorded: Sept. 16, 1915. 190.74 acres. Otter Creek Road. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Grantor: Rodick. Realty Co. Hancock Registry 517-528. Grantor: Mabel S. Hayward. Grantor: Rodick Realty Co. Date of deed: Dec. 18,1909. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Deed dated: Aug. 15, 19.17. Deed dated: May 7, 1915. LOT NO. 19. Deed recorded: March 2,1910. Deed recorded: Sept, 21,1917. Deed recorded: May 26, 1915. A lot of 26.3 acres west of the old Hancock Registry 468-35. Hancock Registry 536-448. Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-557. wood road from Jordan's Pond Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Conveyed to U.S.A. 610-364. LOT NO. 40. Grantors: Bar Harbor Water Co., Grantor: George B. Dorr. Lot on both sides of the town Guy E. Torrey. Date of deed: March 23, 1911. road leading to the Lakewood Deeds dated: June 4, 1914; Deed recorded: April 1, 1911, Tract from the west May 24, 1915. Hancock Registry 478-216. containing 15 acres. Deeds recorded: July 3, 1914; Subsequent history of this lot the Grantor: Marcus C. Sweet. June 9, 1915. same as that of lots 46 and 47. Date of deed: Sept. 8, 1925. Hancock County Registry 514-543; Deed recorded: Sept. 22, 1925; 606-501. LOT NO. 49. Sept. 30, 1925. Conveyed to U.S.A 623-139. A release of the individual interest of Hancock County Registry vol. 597, the grantor in the Greeley Moran Lot. pp. 110, 168. LOT NO. 45. (Lot 47). Conveyed to U.S.A. 602-164. One hundred and seventeen acres on Grantor: George B. Dorr. the west shore of Eagle Lake. Date of deed: March 9, 1927. LOT NO. 41. Grantors: Bar Harbor Water Co., Deed recorded: March 11, 1927, Lot surrounding Witch Hollow Guy E. Torrey Hancock Registry 607-439. Pond on the north, west and south Deeds dated: June 4, 1914; Subsequent history of this lot the sides, 100 acres. Dec. 22, 1920. same as Lot 47. Grantors: Alice B. Bowler and Jane Deeds recorded: July 3, 1914; LOT NO. 50. Bowler Gilman; in their own right, Dec. 23, 1926. Lot next south of Schooner Head and Victor T. Price and Richard Hancock County Registry of Deeds, bordering Frenchman's Bay and W. Hale, executors of the will of 505-418; 606-501. known as the Homans Lot. Robert Pendleton Bowler. Conveyed to U.S.A. 623-139. 621/2 acres. Date of deed: Jan. 20, 1920. Grantors: George B. Dorr; Deed recorded: March 4, 1920. LOT NO. 46. Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. Hancock Registry 549-2.84. Connor's Lot on the west shore of Deeds dated: Dec. 3, 1924; Conveyed to U.S.A. 628-216. Eagle Lake containing about 2 acres. Oct. 9, 1926. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Deeds recorded: Dec. 16, 1928; LOT NO. 42. Date of deed: March 23, 1911. Oct. 12, 1926. Lot containing 200 acres on Deed recorded: April 11, 1911. Hancock Registry 590-288, 606, 111. the southwest shore of Eagle Hancock Registry 478-216. Conveyed to U.S.A. 622-588. Lake. This deed conveys only Conveyed to Bar Harbor Water Co., seven-eighths of the Goodwin by LOT NO. 51. and Severance mortgage title to Deed dated: Sept. 16, 1912 Schoodic Peninsula, Big Moose this lot. See lots 1, 43, 44, 92 as to Recorded Oct. 1, 1912, Island, Little Moose Island and deeds conveying the balance of Hancock Registry 491-284. Welch's Island. this lot along with other land. Re-conveyed to H.C.T.P.R. by deed Grantors: Executors and Trustees of Grantor: Guy E. Torrey. dated Aug. 10, 1927. Louise Hartshorn Leeds Deed dated: Dec. 22, 1920. Recorded Oct. 19, 1928, Faith Moore, Ruth Moore Lce. Deed recorded: Dec. 23, 1926. Hancock Registry 620-518. Dates of deeds: Jan., 6. 1927; Hancock Registry 606-501. Conveyed to U.S.A. by deed Nov. 1, 1926. Conveyed to U.S.A. 623-139. dated March 14, 1927. Deeds recorded: Feb. 21, 1927; Recorded Dec, 15, 1928, Feb. 21, 1927. LOT NO. 43. Hancock Registry 623. Hancock Registry 607-361; 607-363. One hundred and seventy-seven Conveyed to U.S.A. 623-380. acres on the southwest shore of LOT NO. 47. LOT NO. 52. Eagle Lake. The so-called Greely-Moran lot on Lot west of Somes Sound and south Grantors: George B. Dorr, the west shore of Eagle Lake and of Man-o-War Brook. Guy E. Torrey. bordering on the west shore of Eagle Grantor: Thomas W. Lawson. Deeds dated: May 24, 1915; Lake Road, in area 931/2 acres. Dec. 22, 1920. Grantor: George B. Dorr, Trustee. Deed dated: July 18, 1922. Deeds recorded: June 9, 1915; Date of deed: March 23, 1911. Recorded: July 20; 1922, 568-499. Dec. 23, 1926. Deed recorded: April 1. 1911, Conveyed to U.S.A. 631-586. Hancock County Registry, Hancock Registry 478-214. LOT NO. 53. 514-543; 606-501. Subsequent history of this lot the Privileges and easements Conveyed to U.S.A. 623 139. same as lot 46. heretofor reserved. Grantor: Bar Harbor Water Co. LOT NO. 44. LOT. NO. 48. Date of deed: June 10, 1916. Lot on the west shore of Eagle Lot on the northwest shore of Eagle Deed recorded: June 22, 1922. Lake containing 175 acres. See lots Lake sometimes designated as the Hancock Registry 568-507. 1, 42, 43, 92. Fox Lot: 3 acres. Conveyed to U.S.A. LOT NO. 54. LOT NO: 59. Deed recorded: July 20, 1922. lancock Registry 551-136; 636-284; Deed recorded: Oct. 16, 1919. LOT NO. 81. Full release of rights reserved by John Decree removing cloud on title Hancock Registry 568-504. 636-285; 580-127. Hancock Registry 547-496. Comprised of two lots on the east S. Melcher in favor of the grantor in and confirming fee in H.C. T.P.R. Conveyed to U.S.A. 637-103. Conveyed to U.S.A. 630-506. side of Echo Lake, containing deed 487-272, for which see Lot 16. Cloud due to interests of John E. LOT NO. 64. 52 acres. Grantor: Northeast Harbor Booth, John J. Carr, their heirs and Kebo Mountain lot of 63 acres. LOT NO. 70. LOT NO. 76. Grantors: George B. Dorr, Isaac H. Water Co. legal representatives by reason of an Grantors: Lynde Sullivan, James Two small lots on the southeast shore Lot at the Bluffs formerly known as Stanley, Everett G. Stanley. Date of deed: May 25, 1916. undischarged mortgage, Amory Sullivan and Robert H. of Eagle Lake, formerly known as the the White Lot. Dates of deed: Sept. 26, 1930; Deed recorded: July 20, 1922. covering lots 2, 3, 4. Gardiner and Thomas Hunt, Roberts Lot and Lynam Lot. Grantors: Elizabeth Nicholson March 20, 1931. Hancock Registry 568-500. Decree dated: May 27, 1916. Executors of the will of Helen Grantor: Bar Harbor Water Co. Hopkins, Janet Innis Aldrich. Deeds recorded: Sept. 29, 1930; Conveyed to U.S.A. Decree recorded: July 3, 1916. Sullivan. Mary Lynde Cochrane. Deed dated: Aug. 30,1924. Dates of deeds: Aug. 25, 1923; March 24, 1931 in the Hancock Hancock Registry 529-150. Dates of deeds: Jan. 25, 1918. Deed recorded: Sept. 4, 1924. Sept. 11, 1923. County Registry 634-55; 631 250. LOT NO. 55. Deeds recorded: March 27, 1918. Hancock Registry 589-309. Deeds recorded: Sept. 11, 1923; Conveyed to U.S.A. 634-590. Release of restrictions, casements LOT NO. 60. Hancock County Registry 540-62, Conveyed to U.S.A. 635-220. Oct. 4, 1923 in the Hancock County and privileges reserved in prior Decree removing cloud on title cast 67, 64. Registry 581-63, 583 50. LOT NO. 82. conveyances to H.C.T.P.R. but by the Aaron Wasgatt mortgage Conveyed to U.S.A. 630-502. LOT NO. 71. Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-528. Thirty acres west of the Jesup Path, excepting the 150 foot strip around covering land conveyed to the A six foot strip between the Roman south of Harden Road and east of Jordan Pond and the restrictions H.C.T.P.R. by the following deeds: LOT NO. 65. Catholic Cemetery and the LOT NO. 77 the Sieur De Monts Spring lot. applying to the lot south of the dam. From: G. R. Hagerthy 483-263 The Mary E. Ogden lot. Harden Road. Lot bordering the southern shore Grantors: Rodick Realty Co., Grantor: Seal Harbor John S. Melcher 487-272 Grantor: Mary E. Ogden. Grantors: Roman Catholic of Eagle Lake and extending toward George B. Dorr. Water Supply. Co. George L. Stebbins 488-341 Date of deed: Nov. 13, 1924. Bishop of Portland. John B. How. Bubble Pond along the brook. Dates of deeds: May 7, 1915; Deed dated: May 25, 1916. 488-456 Deed recorded: Feb. 6, 1925. Deeds Dated: Sept. 12, 1911; Grantor: George B. Dorr Oct. 6, 1919. Deed recorded: July 20, 1922. George B. Dorr 493-422 Hancock Registry 590-471. June 6, 1911. Date of deed: Deeds recorded: May 26, 1915; Hancock Registry 568-503. 514-543 Conveyed to U.S.A. 634-169. Deeds recorded: Feb. 10, 1912. Deed recorded: Oct. 16, 1919, in the Hancock Count Conveyed to U.S.A. Seal Harbor. Water Supply Co. Hancock Registry 488-7, 488-5. Conveyed to U.S. A. 635-173. Registry 514-448, 547-496. 517-528 LOT NO. 66. Conveyed to U.S.A. 630-506. Conveyed to U.S.A. 630-504. LOT NO. 56. Decree dated: May 27, 1916. Small lot cast of Duck Brook. LOT N07 78. Decree removing cloud on title Decree recorded: July 3, 1916. Grantors: Lavinia Barry, Lottie LOT NO. 72. This lot lies between the so-called LOT NO. 83. to land previously conveyed to Hancock Registry 529-146. Fordney, Geo. W. Fordney. A triangular lot of 53 acres south Epps and Bowler lots, formerly The Bee-Hive and the Bowl H.C.T.P.R. said cloud existing because Date of deed: May 28, 1920. of Kebo Brook and the cast line of belonging to How and Pendleton, Grantor: Eliza L. Homans. of interests of Samuel Gilpatrick, LOT NO. 61. Deed recorded: June 23, 1920. which is 203 ft. west of being a portion of Lot 31 of the Date of deed: May 6, 1908. Enoch Spurling, William Hobbs, Quitclaim of interest of grantors Hancock Registry 555-28. Harden Road. Peters Plan. One-half in Deed recorded: August 17, 1908. their heirs, legal representatives and acquired via Goodwin and Severance Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-292. Grantor: George B. Dorr. common granted. Hancock Registry 452-268. persons claiming under them. by virtue of a deed from Randall S. Date of deed: Aug. 18, 1911. Grantor: Samuel W. Bates and Conveyed to U.S.A. 631-253. Date of decree: May 27, 1916. Clark. Affects lots in the original tract. LOT NO. 67. Deed recorded: Feb. 10, 1912. Frank C. Bates, Decree recorded: July 3, 1916. Grantors: Frederick H. Parkhurst, Two small lots west of Duck Brook. Hancock Registry 488-14. Date of deed: Aug. 1921. LOT NO. 84. Hancock Registry 529-152. Mary Parkhurst Noyes, Esther P. Grantor: Dr. Robert Abbe. Conveyed to U.S.A. 630-506. Deed recorded: May 6, 1921. Lot between the Bowl and the Otter Benedict, individually and as trustees Date of deed: Sept. 22, 1919. Hancock Registry 559-264. Cliffs. B. H. Road. 37.06A. LOT NO. 57. and Caroline Morez Patten. Deed recorded: Sept. 24, 1919. LOT NO. 73. Conveyed to U.S.A. 3-257. Grantor: Eliza L. Homans. Release of mortgages interest under Date of deed: Dec. 30, 1915. Hancock Registry 547-389. Lot west of Harden Road and south Date of deed: May 6, 1908. a mortgage covering lots 1-9 given by Deed recorded: Jan. 22, 1916. Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-293. of Kebo Brook containing 1.09 acres. LOT NO. 79. Deed recorded: Aug. 17, 1908. RandallS. Clark to John D. Gilmore Hancock Registry 518-433. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Western side of Robinson Mountain Hancock Registry 452-268. dated 11-9-1852 and assigned to LOT NO. 68. Date of deed: Oct. 6, 1919. lot, 185 acres. Conveyed to U.S.A. 631-253. Andrew H. Hall. LOT NO. 62. Strips of land 150 feet wide around Deed recorded: Oct. 16, 1919. Grantors: Carrie E. Shepherd, Decree dated: May 27, 1916. Easement of way across the Eagle Lake, Jordan Pond, Bubble Hancock Registry 547-496. George G. Kellogg Decree recorded: July 3, 1916. "Mountain Lot." (Lot 11). Pond and their tributaries but subject Conveyed to U.S.A. 630-506. Date of deed: April 23, 1917. Hancock Registry 529-148. Grantor: E. C. (or G?) Wyman. to rights reserved by the Bar Harbor Deed recorded: May 4, 1917. Date of deed: Dec. 4, 1915. Water Co., and the Seal Harbor Water LOT NO. 74. Hancock Registry 532-508. LOT NO. 58. Recorded: Jan. 11, 1916. Supply Co., "27 Lots." A twenty-five foot strip west of the Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-290. Discharge of mortgage on Hancock Registry 519-515. Conveyed to U.S.A. 633 557. Roman Catholic Cemetery. See Lot No. 123. Dunton Lot. Conveyed to U.S.A. 568-509. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Grantor: Raymond. W. Kittredge, LOT NO. 69. Date of deed: Aug. 16, 1911. LOT NO. 80. Admr. of Estate of LOT NO. 63. Dog Mountain lot of 300 acres. Deed recorded: Feb. 10, 1912. Lot of 5 acres and a right of way Charles W. Kittredge. Quitclaim of rights, privileges, and Grantors: J. Archibald Murray and Hancock Registry 488-10. over the remaining land of grantor. Deed dated: April 24, 1916. casements in the Jordan Pond lot Charlton Yarnall as joint tenants. Conveyed to U.S.A. 630-506. Beaton Lot. Deed recorded: May 3, 1916. formerly of Charles T. How. See lot Alice R. Murray. Anna Coxe Yarnall. Grantor: Norman E Beaton. Hancock Registry 527-229. 16. Excepting 150 ft. margin on shore Heirs of Salem Towne, Jr., by Sheriff. LOT NO. 75. Date of deed: May 12, 1921. of Jordan Pond. Deeds dated: Dec: 26, 1919; Several contiguous lots in the vicinity Deed recorded: May 23, 1921. Grantors: George 1. Stebbins and Dec. 10, 1931; Dec. 8, 1931; of lots 71-74. Hancock Registry 559-411. Thomas A. Mcintire. June 30, 1923. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Conveyed to U.S.A. 635-174. Date of deed: June 5, 1922. Deeds recorded: Jan. 27, 1920; Date of deed: Oct. 6, 1919. See lot No. 110. June 30, 1923. JAPAN LOT NO. 85 LOT NO. 86. LOT NO. 92. Consists of two tracts of land, one A conveyance of 300 acres, Lot. 13, The "Southwest Valley Tract" of containing 110 acres, the. other the "Notch Lot." 7031/2 acres. consisting of 2 acres 57 square rods. Decree of the Supreme Judicial Court Grantor: See lots 1, 36, 43-49. By Interests in these lots are many and recorded May 4, 1926. 602-290. this deed the Bar Harbor Water varied conveyed by deeds listed below. Release deeds from: Co. conveys a 3-32ds. interest. Grantors: Albert H: Stanley dated April 2, 1926; Deed dated: Aug. 10, 1927. Robert Homans conveyed 1-18 recorded April 12, 1926. 602-112. Deed recorded: Oct. 19, 1928. undivided interest by deed dated Benjamin E. Stanley dated Hancock Registry 620-518. Jan. 2, 1914, recorded Jan. 7, 1914. recorded June 15, 1926. 601-548. Conveyed to U.S.A. 623-139. 504-200. Flora M. Clatworthy dated April John Homans conveyed a 1-18 2, 1926; recorded April 12, 1926. LOT NO. 93. undivided interest by deed dated Mar. 602-113. One hundred acres on Beech Hill. 30, 1914, recorded April 4, 1914. 506- Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-294. Grantor: John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 539. Katherine A. Homans conveyed Date of deed: Sept. 13, 1919. a 1-18 undivided interest by deed LOT NO. 87. Deed recorded: Oct. 14, 1919. dated Mar. 30, 1914, recorded April 4, The Henderson lot north of Hancock Registry 546-450. 1914. 506-360. Duck Brook. Conveyed to U.S.A. 585-440, 439. Helen A. Homans conveyed a 1-18 Grantors: Mary F. Henderson, undivided interest by deed dated John B. Henderson. LOT NO. 94. March 30, 1914, recorded April 4, Date of deed: Feb. 21, 1922. One hundred acres on the west 1914. 506-361. Deed recorded: Jan. 22, 1923. shore of Dennings Pond. Marian J. Homans conveyed an Hancock Registry 576-176. Grantor: John D. Rockefeller, Jr. undivided 1-18th by deed dated Mar. Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-214. Date of deed: Sept. 15, 1919. 30, 1914, recorded April 4, 1914. Deed recorded: Oct. 14, 1919. 506-362. LOT NO. 88. Hancock Registry 546-452. Helen A. Homans, sole heir of Helen Two lots near the outlet of Eagle Conveyed to U.S.A. 585-439. Homans conveyed an undivided Lake between the lake and 1-18th by deed dated Jan. 30, 1920; the highway. LOT NO. 95. recorded Feb. 4, 1920. 550-417. Granter: Brewer Ice Co. Lot extending from the top of William. P. Homans conveyed an Date of deed: Jan. 20, 1923. Western Mountain eastward to the 18th undivided interest by deed dated Deed recorded: Jan. 20, 1923. center line of the "Big Notch." Jan. 30, 1920; recorded Feb. 4, 1920. Hancock Registry 576-178. Grantor: Robert Kaighn. 550-418. Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-529. Date of deed: Sept. 28, 1916. Sybil Priestly conveyed an undivided Deed recorded: Oct. 4, 1916. 1-36th by deed dated Oct. 22, 1920; LOT NO. 89. Hancock Registry 530-172. recorded Nov. 9, 1920. 556-293. 1.16 acres between Eagle Lake and Master's deed conveys the interest of Eagle Lake Road. LOT NO. 96. Neville G. DEB Priestly, Sybil Priestly, Grantor: Louis B. McCagg. Right to maintain path along the Evelyn G. Priestly and Neville DEB Date of deed: April 21, 1911. Trout Brook on Dry Mountain. Priestly, all of East Putney, London, Deed recorded: April 27, 1911. Grantor: George B. Dorr. County, England, and Helen Homans Hancock Registry 479-168. Deed dated: Nov. 27, 1916. and William P. Homans, both of Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-529. Deed recorded: Nov. 28, 1916. Boston, Mass., by deed dated April 25, Hancock Registry 532-66. 1923, ratified and confirmed by the LOT NO. 90. Supreme Judicial Court on June 15, 1.16 acres between Eagle Lake and LOT NO. 97. 1923. 602-290. Eagle Lake Road. "Mountain Lot," SO called Marian J. Homans, Katherine A. Grantor: George B. Dorr. consisting of 250 acres on the east Homans, John Homans and Robert Date of deed: Sept. 16, 1912. side of Seal Cove Pond. Homans released all their right, title Deed recorded Sept. 21, 1912. Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. and interest in land conveyed by Hancock Registry 493-422. Deed dated: March 17, 1917. Robert Homans by deed dated Aug. Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-529. Deed recorded: March 22, 1917. 30, 1930; recorded Oct. 10, 1930. Hancock Registry 533-495. 632-134. LOT NO. 91. Decree in Equity to remove cloud Lot between Eagle Lake and Eagle LOT NO. 98. dated June 11, 1923; recorded ake Road adjoining lots 88 and 90. Southwestern portion of Beech June 15, 1923. 579-36. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Hill. Conveyed to U.S.A. 631-253, Date of deed: Sept. 16, 1912. Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. 631-375. Deed recorded: Sept. 21, 1912. Deed dated: March 17, 1917. Hancock Registry 493-422. Deed recorded: March 22, 1917. Conveyed to U.S.A. 633-529. Hancock Registry 533-495. Previous Beaver Dam Pond Park I nnh Road LOT NO. 99. LOT NO. 106. land of John McFarland Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. LOT NO. 127. Linda E. Cousins Lot. Two and one-half acres southeast and Eben Peach. Date of deed: December 11, 1923. "Woodlawn," the Black Estate at Grantor: Linda E. Cousins et al. of Great Pond. Grantor: Charles F. Paine. Deed recorded: Dec. 22, 1923. Ellsworth, Maine. Testamentary Lot Deed dated: Mar. 17, 1917. Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. Date of deed: Nov. 17, 1921. Hancock Registry 583-448. lying between the Eagle Lake Road Deed recorded: April 10, 1917. Date of deed: October 4, 1919. Deed recorded: Nov. 21, 1921. and the lake, about one-half gift. Hancock Registry 535-147. Deed recorded: Jan. 20, 1919. Hancock Registry 563-492. LOT NO. 120. Will recorded: January 15, 1929. Hancock Registry 550-332. Conveyed to U.S.A. 635-174. Twenty acres west of Great Pond. Hancock Registry 623-247. LOT NO. 100 Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. Lot cast of Seal Cove Pond LOT NO. 107. LOT NO. 113. Date of deed: December 11, 1923. LOT NO. 128. containing 25 acres and known as Lot on the southeast shore of Long One hundred forty acres between Deed recorded: Dec. 22, 1923. acre. the Butler Lot. Pond. One-half acre. Long Pond and the Beech Hill- Hancock Registry 583-448. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. Grantor: Henry 1. Gray. Southwest Harbor Road. Date of deed: June 29,1931. Date of deed: Nov. 23,1920. Date of deed: October 7, 1918. Date of deed: March 19, 1917. LOT NO. 121. Deed recorded: June 29, 1931: Deed recorded: Dec. 7, 1920. Deed recorded: Oct. 29, 1918. Deed recorded: April.10, 1917. Thirty acres on the west shore Hancock Registry 634-436. Hancock Registry 553-535. Hancock Registry 543-175. Hancock Registry 535-144. of Long Pond. Re-conveyed to George B. Dorr Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. 634-437. LOT NO. 101. LOT NO. 108. LOT NO. 114. Date of deed: December 11, 1923. Thirty acres on the southeast slope One-third of an acre east of the Fifty acres on the eastern slope Deed recorded: Dec. 22, 1923. LOT NO. 129. of Beech Hill. Dorr-Roberts private way and south of Bald Mountain. lancock Registry 583-448. Lot at Frazier's Creek at Schoodic. Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. of the Otter Creek Road. Grantor: Henry Clark. Grantors: Faith Moore and Ruth Deed dated: Nov. 13, 1920. Grantor: George B. Dorr. Date of deed: March 17, 1917. LOT NO. 122. Moore: Thomas M. Day, etc. Deed recorded: Dec. 7, 1920. Date of deed: July 3, 1920. Deed recorded: April 10, 1917. Three acres at Seawall. Dates of deeds: Feb. 21, 1927; Hancock Registry 553-537. Deed recorded: July 12, 1920. Hancock Registry 535-144. Grantor: Peter Benson. January 6, 1927. Hancock Registry 555-163. Date of deed: Oct. 11, 1928. Deeds recorded: lancock Registry LOT NO. 102. To U.S.A. 633-557. LOT NO. 115. Deed recorded: Oct. 16, 1928. Feb. 21, 1927, 607-363, 361. Fourteen acres east of One hundred acres south of "Burnt" Hancock Registry 620-506. Conveyed to U.S.A. 635-171. Seal Cove Pond. LOT NO. 109. or "Lurvey" Mountain. Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. Lot cast of Morrell Park and west of Grantor: Henry Clark. LOT NO. 123 Deed dated: June 28, 1920. the Dorr-Roberts right of way: Date of deed: March 19, 1917. The western side of Robinson Deed recorded: July 1, 1920. This lot adjoins No. 108. Deed recorded: April 10, 1917. Mountain; 185 acres. Hancock Registry 555-76. One-third of an acre. Hancock Registry 535-144. Grantors: Lincoln Cromwell, Grantor: Thomas DcWitt Cuyler Mabel S. Cromwell. LOT NO. 103. et als. LOT NO. 116. Date of deeds: October 8, 1919. Lot west of Somes Sound, north of Deed dated: July 6, 1920. One hundred and twenty acres on the Deeds recorded: Oct. 8, 1919. Man O'War Brook, being a portion Deed recorded: July 12, 1920. southeast slope of Bald Mountain. Hancock Registry 547-473. 548-446. of the eastern slope Hancock Registry 555-164. Grantor: Henry Clark. of Robinson Mountain. To U.S.A. 633-557. Date of deed: March 19, 1917. LOT NO. 124. Grantors: Lincoln Cromwell et als. Deed recorded: April 10, 1917. Triangular piece in Southwest Harbor Date of deed: March 20, 1917. LOT NO. 110. Hancock Registry 535-144. near Great Pond containing 1/4 acre. Deed recorded: March 23, 1917. Beaton Lot of 5 acres at the Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. 533-498. southwest corner of the T. L. Roberts LOT NO. 117. Date of deed: November 30, 1926. Conveyed to U.S.A. 591-154. estate. Green Mountain carriage Triangular piece of 45 acres near the Deed recorded: Dec. 10, 1926. road crosses. four preceding lots. Hancock Registry 605-583. LOT NO. 104. Grantor: Vernon G. Wasgatt. Grantor: Henry Clark. Flying Mountain. 100 acres. Date of deed: June 3, 1921. Date of deed: March 19, 1917. LOT NO. 125. Grantors: William Draper Lewis, Deed recorded: June 4, 1921. Deed recorded: April 10, 1917. Ten acres in Southwest Harbor, being Charlton Yarnall. Hancock Registry 559-519. Hancock Registry 535-144. the northeast half of the "Tinker Deed dated: Nov. 27, 1917. Conveyed to U.S.A. 635-174. Lot" on the Salem Towne plan. Deed recorded: May 7, 1918. LOT NO. 118. Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. Hancock Registry 540-241. LOT NO. 111. One-half acre on the southern end Date of deed: November 30, 1926. Conveyed to U.S.A. 627-38. 627-119. Right of way from Jordan Pond to of Lond Pond, being the western Deed recorded: Dec. 10, 1926. the west line of Thomas A. McIntire. half of the Harmon Lot, SO called. Hancock Registry 605-583. LOT NO. 105. Grantor: Thomas A. McIntire. Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. Triangular lot containing 106 square Date of deed: September 15, 1921. Date of deed: December 11, 1923. LOT NO. 126. rods on the cast shore Deed recorded: Sept. 22, 1921. Deed recorded: Dec. 22, 1923. Twelve acres on the western slope of Great Pond. Hancock County Registry 563-62. Hancock Registry 583-448. of the eastern peak of Western Grantor: Schuyler R. Clark. Mountain. Deed recorded: Jan. 20, 1920. LOT NO. 112. LOT NO 119. Grantor: Wild Gardens of Acadia. Hancock Registry 550-332. Undivided 1/4 of lot 44, Peter's Plan. Fifty acres on the west shore of Date of deed: March 30, 1927. Consists of 40 acres lying between Great Pond and north Deed recorded: Mar. 30, 1927. of Basin Brook. Hancock Registry 608-439. Holdings donated by Tract: 123-20 Tract: 123-26 the Trustees after 1939 No. of Acres: 250 No. of Acres: 268 Location: Tremont Location: Southwest Harbor Desc: E shore of Seal Cove All conveyed to the U.S.A. Desc: SE shore of Long Pond, Pond to W side of Bernard Mtn, including Beech Mountain Tract: 15-102 includes Little Notch and West Deed Dated: 9/28/1956 No. of Acres: 5.5 Peak Date Recorded: 3/16/1961 Location: Winter Harbor Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 Desc: SW part of Frazer's Point Date Recorded: 9/22/1959 Tract: 123-32 Deed Dated: 3/15/1939 No. of Acres: 0.5 Date Recorded: 3/16/1939 Tract: 123-28 Location: Southwest Harbor No. of Acres: 0.5 Desc: Small lot on S end Long Tract: 123-21 Location: Southwest Harbor Pond, E of water pumping No. of Acres: 279 Desc: SE shore of Long Pond station, not right on the shore Location: Southwest Harbor Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 Deed Dated: 10/3/1956 Desc: SW of Long Pond; W Date Recorded: 9/22/1959 Date Recorded: 9/22/1959 portion Mansell Mtn to E side Bernard Mt and south Tract: 123-33 Tract: 108-03 Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 No. of Acres: 0.25 No. of Acres: 15 Date Recorded: 12/18/1959 Location: Southwest Harbor Location: Gouldsboro HOUSE Desc: Small lot on S end Long JORDAN POND Desc: Sheep Porcupine Island Tract: 118-17 Pond, E of water pumping Deed Dated: 4/29/1960 No. of Acres: 20 station Date Recorded: 7/13/1960 Location: Southwest Harbor Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 Desc: W/SW shore of Long Date Recorded: 12/18/1959 Tract: 123-27 Pond No. of Acres: 0.5 Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 Tract: 123-22 Location: Southwest Harbor Date Recorded: 9/22/1959 No. of Acres: 22 Desc: Small lot Along SE shore POND Location: Tremont of Long Pond Tract: 118-18 Desc: Southern slopes of Deed Dated: 7/21/1960 No. of Acres: 30 Bernard Mt Date Recorded: 12/22/1960 Location: Southwest Harbor Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 Desc: W/SW shore of Long Date Recorded: 12/18/1961 Tract: 123-30 Pond No. of Acres: 2 Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 Tract: 123-23 Location: Southwest Harbor BICYCLE ACCESS Date Recorded: 9/22/1959 No. of Acres: 18 Desc: Small lot Along SE shore Location: Southwest Harbor of Long Pond POND Tract: 123-17 Desc: Southeastern slopes of Deed Dated: 7/21/1960 No. of Acres: 25 Bernard Mt Date Recorded: 12/22/1960 Location: Southwest Harbor Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 Desc: E of Seal Cove Pond (but Date Recorded: 12/18/1961 Tract: 15-112 not on shores) & S of Pine Hill No. of Acres: 110 Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 Tract: 05-154 Location: Winter Harbor Date Recorded: 9/22/1959 No. of Acres: 3 Desc: S end of Old Schoodic Location: Southwest Harbor Road Tract: 123-19 Desc: Seawall; Eastern portion of Deed Dated: 3/10/1978 No. of Acres: 14 Seawall Pond to tidal low water Date Recorded: 6/27/1986 Location: Tremont Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 Desc: E shore of Seal Cove Date Recorded: 4/28/1964 Tract: 133-06 Pond; directly across from No. of Acres: 2 unamed Island Tract: 123-18 Location: Southwest Harbor Deed Dated: 9/24/1956 No. of Acres: 219 Desc: South of Seawall on shore Date Recorded: 9/22/1959 Location: Southwest Harbor Deed Dated: 12/03/2015 Desc: W shore of Long Pond Date Recorded: 3/29/2016 western slopes Mansell Mtn Deed Dated: 9/28/1956 Date Recorded: 12/18/1959 direct reference is made to an associated map enhanced, screened, and "clothed" the raw Recommended Reading which, had it been included, would have new roads and bridges. One before-and-af- greatly helped a casual reader make heads or ter photo of Duck Brook Bridge shows what tails of the list. a difference her work made. The Hancock County But perhaps this is not a book for a casual Brouse makes clear that one of Farrand's Trustees of Public reader-not sticking to chronology, the three major gifts was her sensitivity to the subtle Reservations: essays speak to each other, each offering a bit flow of the wild landscape: drawing on the An Historical Sketch of history, a bit of analysis, and a fair amount nature of the background forest, Farrand (2nd ed.) of insight. However, for the devotee of either would add similar trees and shrubs to a By Samuel A. Eliot, Acadia's or Woodlawn's history, it offers origi- planting, varying the texture and group- Ronald H. Epp, and nal research and a truly important piece of ings in such a way that the additions looked Joshua Campbell the story. like they had naturally grown there. Yet if Torrance an undisturbed scene pleased her, she was Photographs by Walter Smalling, Jr. AIMEE BEAL CHURCH is the communi- wise enough to leave it alone. Although Far- The Hancock County Trustees of Public cations director for Friends of Acadia. rand and Rockefeller endeavored to create Reservations, 2016. Paperback, 48 pages distant vistas, they also turned the "camera" The first edition of this slim volume was The Public-Spirited on their own work: they added plantings to Beatrix Farrand of frame, but not obscure, the bridges so that published in 1939, just ten years after the Mount Desert Island the views of those granite wonders would be Hancock County Trustees of Public Reser- By Roxanne Brouse graceful too. vations (HCTPR) accepted a bequest that Beatrix Farrand The book contains surprises. Miller Gar- was a first for the MDI-based land trust: the "noble old Black Mansion" in Ellsworth. Society Press, 2016. dens, hidden on Otter Cliff Road, is still Hardcover, 127 pages growing plants for the public. I never knew Wrote Samuel Eliot, son of Trustees founder that it once was the nursery of William Charles W. Eliot, "the bequest included the This monograph, published in honor of the and Charles Miller, who grew the trees and house with its unique collection of old time 100th anniversary of Acadia National Park, shrubs used for park landscaping. Surpris- furnishings and pictures, the carriage house details Beatrix Farrand's work in partner- ing too is that Farrand worked to dress the and its ancient vehicles, the well-kept gar- ship with John D. Rockefeller Jr. on the coping stones with vines and herbaceous dens and grounds, the remarkable wood- landscaping of the park's carriage roads plants-yet now volunteers assiduously lands accessible by roads built by Colonel and bridges. For most of us, the carriage "floss Mr. Rockefeller's teeth," leaving them Black more than a century ago... roads allow familiarity with remote parts bare. A pleasant surprise was Brouse's in- The Trustees have been amply celebrated of Acadia; Roxanne Brouse's book allows us clusion of snippets of Farrand's garden in recent years for the organization's essential glimpses into the close relationship between writing, her voice so alive whether talking role in the creation of Acadia National Park, these two like-minded landscape sculptors. about plant communities or groundcov- and the 1939 edition traces its history up to The book presents the warm and respect- ers: "The island is a meeting ground for the that point. But then what? With the transfer ful correspondence between Farrand and black spruces from the northern-muskeg of HCTPR properties to the federal govern- Rockefeller and includes many pages of swamps, and the pitch pines from the sand ment, did the world's second-oldest land transcribed notes and facsimiles of some of barrens to the south" and "Patches of lus- trust and its storied members simply close their letters. Brouse discusses in detail the trous and pervasively flavored wintergreen up shop? way they shaped the landscape at specific yield to tangled mats of Linnaeus's favorite The answer is no, and the Black Estate, sites and provides the 1911 Path Map for twin-flower and long pale runners of par- known as Woodlawn, is both the reason for reference. Fortunately for native plant afi- tridge-berry, with symmetrically paired and and the subject of HCTPR executive direc- cionados, she has included planting reports, accurately spaced leaves, make prim sylvan tor Joshua Torrance's contribution to this a planting map, and a juicy plant list merci- processions towards sheets of scarlet bunch- second edition. Rather than simply picking fully including scientific names. berries." up the history where Eliot left off, Torrance Beatrix Farrand knew and loved Mount The ultimate surprise: why "public-spir- focuses on the controversy the estate bequest Desert Island. She knew the terrain, the ited"? Farrand was a volunteer! Although stirred among HCTPR members and how it soils, the flora, and where a particular plant she invoiced Mr. Rockefeller regularly for led them to question and ultimately re-direct would grow best. It is hard to imagine now, her work on park landscaping, the amount their core mission. but building the carriage road system was charged was zero-she donated her time Complementing these two histories is Dorr quite controversial at the time. When you and expertise. We are the fortunate benefi- biographer Ronald Epp's fine essay on the look at the scale of the road network and ciaries of their commingled vision. significance of the idea of land conservation the size of some of the bridges, you realize that the Trustees pioneered in early 20th-cen- that this was a massive construction proj- HELEN KOCH is a Master Gardener and tury America. The book ends with a list of all ect. Hence part of the value of Farrand's has volunteered at the Wild Gardens of Aca- properties donated by HCTPR to Acadia. In- contribution: her efforts quickly softened, dia since 2000. Friends of Acadia Journal Spring 2017 27 (207) 667-8671 (tel:2076678671) About (https://woodlawnmuseum.com/about-2/) Photo Galleries(https://woodlawnmuseum.com/photo-galleries/) Contact (https://woodlawnmuseum.com/contact-us/) News (https://woodlawnmuseum.com/category/news/) (https://woodlawnmuseum.com/cart/) VISIT ESTATE PROGRAMS EVENTS CALENDAR SUPPORT WOODLAWN MUSEUM,GARDENS& PARA Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations Donates Land to Acadia National Park May 13, 2016(https://woodlawnmuseum.com/hancock-county-trustees-public-reservations-donates-land-acadia-national-park/) In February, the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations (Trustees) completed a transfer of a two-acre parcel of land to the Federal government. The land transfer, located within the boundaries of Acadia National Park (ANP) realizes a mission envisioned by the Trustees well over one hundred years ago. The Trustees formed in 1901 by a group of concerned citizens in response to extensive lumbering and an increase in private land ownership in Hancock County. The Trustees were very successful in preserving thousands of acres of land and in 1916 they donated their holdings to the government which formed the core of Acadia National Park. Today, the work of the Trustees focuses on its role as the governing body for Woodlawn in Ellsworth. Woodlawn was a bequest to the Trustees from George Nixon Black, Jr. in 1928. In accordance with his wishes, they have maintained the 180-acre estate as a public park and his family home, known locally as the Black House as an historic house. The land donated in February was the sole remaining land holding of the Trustee. According to ANP superintendent, Kevin Schneider, "This donation of land, which lies within the legislated boundary of the park, is a wonderful way to celebrate not only the park's centennial, but the legacy of Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations in the history of Acadia National Park and land protection." The land is located adjacent to the Sea Wall section of ANP in Southwest Harbor and was deeded to the Trustees in 1941 from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. This summer, as part of the 2016 Acadia National Park Centennial the Trustees will formally celebrate the transfer of the land with a ceremony on August 22. The event will replicate the one held in 1916 and all past Trustees and their descendants will be invited to attend the ceremony. Also during the Acadia National Park Centennial year, the significant role played by the Trustees in the formation and establishment of the Park will be acknowledged with an historical marker being placed atop Cadillac Mountain. An undated history of the Trustees will be released this summer. The original pamphlet was published in 1939 and titled, The Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations: An Historical Sketch and a Record of the Holdings of the Trustees. The publication will be available in the Woodlawn Gift Shop and on line at woodlawnmusem.org. The current president of the Trustees, Terry L. Carlisle shared their enthusiasm, "We are excited to continue the work of our predecessors begun in 1901. Acadia National Park's centennial year presented the perfect opportunity for the Trustees to transfer its last property within the boundaries of the park." Woodlawn is an educational, cultural, and recreational treasure for the people of Downeast Maine. The main house is open for tours May 1 - October 31 and December 1-23. The public park is open year round, sunrise to sunset. 19 Black House Drive (off of the Surry Road-Rt. 172), Ellsworth, ME. For further information, contact: Joshua Torrance, Executive Director (mailto:director@woodlawnmuseum.org), Woodlawn, 667-8671 or < Woodlawn Receives Top Ratings in Customer Satisfaction in National Survey Program (https://woodlawnmuseum.com/woodlawn-receives-top-ratings- customer-satisfaction-national-survey-program/) Join our mailing list Mount Desat Islander. 5-19-16. Trustees donate last parcel to Acadia ACADIA NAT'L PARK - tinue the work of our prede- lawn in Ellsworth. Woodlawn A century after beginning the cessors begun in 1901. Acadia was a bequest to the trustees work of preserving land on National Park's centennial year from George Nixon Black Jr. in Mount Desert Island, the Han- presented the perfect opportu- 1928. In accordance with his cock County Trustees for Pub- nity for the trustees to trans- wishes, they have maintained lic Reservations have deeded fer its last property within the the 180-acre estate as a pub- their last remaining holding to boundaries of the park." lic park and his family home, the National Park Service. This summer, as part of the known locally as the Black The 2-acre parcel, which 2016 Acadia National Park House, as a historic house. formally transferred to the Centennial, the trustees will Also during the Acadia Na- government in February, is lo- formally celebrate the transfer tional Park Centennial year, cated adjacent to the Seawall of the land with a ceremony on the significant role played by section of the park in Manset. Aug. 22. The event will repli- the trustees in the formation It was deeded to the trustees in cate one held in 1916 when the and establishment of the park 1941 by John D. Rockefeller Jr. group's original holdings were will be acknowledged with a According to Acadia Su- given to Lafayette National historical marker being placed perintendent Kevin Schnei- Monument, which later be- atop Cadillac Mountain. der, "This donation of land, came Acadia. All past trustees An updated history of the which lies within the legislat- and their descendants will be trustees will be released this ed boundary of the park, is a invited to attend the ceremony. summer. The original pam- wonderful way to celebrate not The Hancock County Trust- phlet was published in 1939 only the park's centennial, but ees for Public Reservations was and titled, "The Hancock the legacy of Hancock County formed in 1901 by a group of County Trustees of Public Trustees of Public Reserva- concerned citizens in response Reservations: An Historical tions in the history of Acadia to extensive lumbering and an Sketch and a Record of the National Park and land protec- increase in private land owner- Holdings of the Trustees." The tion." ship in Hancock County. publication will be available in Trustees President Terry L. Today, the work of the the Woodlawn Gift Shop and Carlisle shared that enthusi- group focuses on its role as online at woodlawnmusem. asm, "We are excited to con- the governing body for Wood- org. Verizon Yahoo! Mail - eppster2@verizon.net Page 1 of 3 Verizon Yahoo! Mail Verizon Central Yahoo! Search: Web Search Welcome, eppster2@verizon Mail Home All-New Mail Tutorials Help YAHOO! verizon [Sign Out, Member Center MAIL Classic Mail Contacts Calendar Notepad Mail For Mobile - Options Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Folders [Add Edit] Previous Next I Back to Messages Inbox (8) Delete Reply Forward Move. Draft This message is not flagged. [ Flag Message - Mark as Unread Printable View Sent Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:25:38 -0700 (PDT) Bulk [Empty] "ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP" Add to Trash [Empty] From: Address Book Add Mobile Alert My Folders [Hide] Subject: HCTPR & Mr. Rockefeller Eliz messages (3) To: "Joshua Torrance" Horseshoe Pond Hi Josh, Member Information Ron Archives (32) Thanks for responding so quickly. Just this morning I came upon what clearly is an early six-draft of the narrative section of the 1939 historical sketch of the Trustees. This too I can't recall seeing in your archive. It was attached to a Search Shortcuts September 8, 1931 letter from President Deasy announcing the intent to My Photos publish a historical sketch. But unlike my Rockefeller Archive Center copy of this letter, this one had what I believe to be Samuel A. Eliot's draft with My Attachments occasional corrections and notations, lacking the detail of the later history but also emphasizing the role of Rockefeller that was significantly downplayed in the published history. Where did I get it? Smith College Archives. Edward Kellogg Dunham Family Papers. (B31.F6) As with other materials, I can't copy this for you because of copyright restrictions. You can secure a copy by contacting Assistant Curator, Margaret Jessup at 413-585-2985 or mjessup@email.smith.edu See you next month. Ron Joshua Torrance wrote: Hi Ron: I am aware of a letter similar, if not, this letter. If you would bring a copy with you in April, I would love to see it to confirm. And I would also love to have the HCTPR meeting minutes. We are very busy here, but that is nothing new. Please stop in during your next visit. Joshua http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=8338_2134789_7695_719_2857_0 4/9/2008 8/25/2014 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size - Necessary Step To Become an Acadia Centennial Partner From : Jack Russell Mon, Aug 25, 2014 01:43 PM Subject : Necessary Step To Become an Acadia Centennial Partner To : Joshua Torrance , Joshua Torrance 8/25/2014 Friend Joshua, As summer subsides, I write to encourage you to take the essential step through which you can make the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations an Acadia Centennial Partner (ACP). All that is necessary is that you state your plans for your distinct centennial program in a writing of 150-250 words. I have enjoyed our several conversations about what the HCTPR might do for 2016 and believe you will develop a stellar program. But we do need a specific statement of your intent so that we can move forward. Once that is in hand, I can assure you quick review and presumed acceptance by the Acadia Centennial Task Force. As I believe you know, ANP itself, Friends of Acadia, the College of the Atlantic, the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, the Schoodic Institute @ ANP, JAX, the MDI Bio Lab, the Abbe Museum and many more worthy organizations in our region have already taken this step. I hope that you will soon join them. If you have any questions about the process or my request, please call me at 244-5394 or reply to this message. Onward! Jack http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=230560&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/1 A Publication Proposal to the Trustees The HCTPR celebrates 2014 as the 75th anniversary of its most commonly referenced publication, An Historical Sketch and a Record of the Holdings of the Trustees by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot. 2004 The Dunham Papers at Smith College contain a 1931 proposal by Charles W. Eliot II for a more ambitious HCTPR report than that the one under development by his father, S.A. Eliot, and completed in 1936. Box 31, f 6 In a concise eight pages, Eliot's narrative traced the origin and development of the Trustees over its first three decades when it struggled to promote the novel idea of a land trust. A record of the derivation (7pp) and transfer of 129 Trustees holdings was included in Eliot's sketch, supplemented by a property map of holdings-completed by his son-and transferred to the federal government; the identification of officers and members was also included. This new publication proposal is offered less than two years before the 2016 national celebrations of the centennial of the National Park Service and the New England establishment in 1916 of the national monument that became Acadia National Park. Over the past two years the Friends of Acadia has brought together several dozen organizations known as Acadia Centennial Partners (ACP). Publication of a second edition of the "Historical Sketch" in partnership with ACP would be highly desirable, especially when one considers the marketing implications. It is proposed that the Trustees consider a new paper edition of Eliot's publication, reproducing the original in its entirety, recognizing that Rev. Eliot advised the Trustees that "the list of donors is disappointing and inadequate." Nonetheless, it is the most reliable source available and should be supplemented with the following items deemed worthy by the Trustees and Joshua Torrance: 1. An Introduction that will enlarge the historic scope of the Trustees as a conservation agent. 2. A list and map of properties gifted to the federal government since 1936. Contrary to the common belief that all properties were transferred in 1931, in August 1950 C.W. Eliot II challenged the Trustees to resolve the disposition of "large tracts which presumably are destined for eventual inclusion in the Park." 3. Provide comparative analysis of the formative strategies used by the principle Trustees acquisition agent, the first vice president. 4. Include archival Trustees photographs of the 1947 Dorr Memorial exercises and an account of the role-and public statement-- of the Hon. John A. Peters Esq. in that commemorative process. 5. Delineate the role of the Trustees in expanding the geographic range of its holdings. 6. Clarify the role of John D. Rockefeller Jr. in supporting the transferal of Trustees property to the federal government. or Identify the Trustees that have received memorials in Acadia National Park. Whose doing this good work now Design and printing services may well be arranged with The Ellsworth American The original 6 by 9 inch booklet was 31 pages plus the property map; if all the aforementioned elements were included the publication would run about 50 pages. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr., Lebanon, PA 17042 July 4, 2014 cc: Jack Perteins , 7/6/14 HCTPR Timeline: Property Acquisition History by Lot Deads Recorded 1901-1910 1911 - 1920 1921-1930 1930 10,20,47,48,89, 1911 78,80,110,111,112, 1,6,16,17,46,71,72, 52,53,54,55 128 74,90,91, 63,87, 1912 38 39,76,88,118, 1913 119,120, 121, 2,3,4,45,70,85, 37, 1914 5,7,8a-c,9,13,14,15,18 34,40,65, 219,21,22,28,44,82 1915 23,27,28,56,57,58159, 42,43,86,124, 1916)60,61,62,95,96, 125, 35,36,79,97,98,99, 49,51,126, 917 103.113,114, 15, 116, 129, 117, 11 $ 1,30, 83, 84, 64,104,107, 50,92,128 (918) 33 67,73,75,93,94 106, (919) 128, 12,24,25,26 32,41,66,69,100,10, 81,81,127, 1920 02,105,108,109, 8/26/2014 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size HCTPR From : Ronald & Elizabeth Epp Tue, Aug 26, 2014 04:17 PM Subject : HCTPR To : Joshua Torrance Cc : Jack Russell Dear Josh, I hope you are faring well as we approach the dog days of summer. The phone conversation we had several weeks ago clarified a few issues related to my editing a second edition of S.A. El;iot's Sketch of the History of the HCTPR. As I mentioned at that time, I will be on MDI September 22-24 and I'd like to visit Woodlawn before I head south again. Before I arrive could you locate in the trustee archives the map accompanying Charles W. Eliot II August 1950 essay on "The Boundaries of Acadia National Park," I also believe you have a copy of his May 1971 "Notes on Acadia National Park: Working Draft & Master Plan." Will you please let me know within the next two weeks if you have been able to locate these materials. In the last few months have you made any progress in moving forward with the Park discussion of Tracks 103-66 and 107-01? This fall I will set aside time to work on the revision of Eliot's historical sketch. It is important to me to keep abreast of centennial events, especially those related to my involvement. I'm working most closely with David MacDonald, Aimee Beal Church, and Jack Russell at the FOA as well as Emily Beck and Tim Garrity at the MDIHS. It is clear to me that there is much to be accomplished in a short period of time to realize the goals of the Acadia Centennial Partner participants. We have not talked in any detail about the Trustees commitment to the ACP mission.. But I want to reaffirm my most sincere interest in being kept abreast of your engagement in the ACP process. Though I will spend quite extended time in Hancock County in 2016, I will for the time being provide collaborative assistance to you, the Trustees, and the ACP available to me from a distance. Are we on the same page? I've just returned from a five day sprint through northern Virginia, driving the Skyline drive through Shenandoah National Park, visiting the residences and gardens of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and touring the Bull Run and Gettysburg battlefields. Now I'm ready for the trip north to MDI. Yours, Ronald From: "Joshua Torrance" To: "Epp, Elizabeth" Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 2:36:46 PM Subject: RE: HCTPR parcel remaining on MDI Hi Ron: I will touch base with the Park. The track in question is Track 103-66. There is another track that seems to have caused confusion over the years, track 107-01. It now seems clear that it was indeed transferred, prior to 1939, but we may need to do another release deed for it. Perhaps it limit further confusion, it might be best if I contact the Park about lands donations. More later. Thanks. Joshua Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum, Gardens & Park http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=231169&tz=America/New_York&xima 1/2 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 1 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne Font Size HCTPR parcel remaining on MDI From : Rebecca Cole-Will Mon, Jun 02, 2014 04:14 PM Subject : HCTPR parcel remaining on MDI To : Ron Epp Hi Ron, I finally had a chance to ask Emily, our lands specialist, about this parcel, which is located at Seawall, not Blackwoods Cmpg. She doesn't know much, but here is quick history: The parcel is part of lands owned by the Dolliver family. Land surrounding this lot was conveyed to the Navy by Mooney. The Dolliver lot was specifically excluded from the land conveyence to the Navy. In 1927, the Dolliver lot was subdivided. The northerly 1/3 of the lot (2 acres) eventually was conveyed to JDR, who then conveyed to HCTPR in exchange for HCTPR lands near Sea Cliff. The southerly 2/3 portion (4 acres) of the Dolliver lot eventually was also conveyed to JDR who then conveyed to NPS. The chain of title appears to be in Book 681, tract 133-06. As I understand it, NPS is working with Josh to donate it for the centennial. I think that may have been delayed by everyone's busy schedules; Emily has been on maternity leave since Jan. but is now back. Rebecca Cole-Will, Cultural Resources Program Manager Acadia National Park, 20 McFarland Hill Drive, PO Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 ~207.288.8728 ph., 207.288.8709 fx. http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=209920&tz=America/New_York&xi... 6/2/2014 Quick Notes Page 2 7/31/2014 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size - Re: author working on Dorr bio? From : Ronald & Elizabeth Epp Mon, Jul 28, 2014 09:00 PM Subject : Re: author working on Dorr bio? To : Jack Russell Dear Jack, Good to hear from you. Glad for the introduction to David Evans, I'll email him. I thought I'd give you a heads up on a conversation I had this morning with Josh Torrance. His Board gave a full endorsement to the proposal I drafted for a second edition of Eliot's History of the Trustees. But as Josh and I sorted out a timetable, he wanted to nail down a 2016 date for a public event signaling the completion of a final land transfer from the Trustees that had laid dormant for several decades--its a confusing tale. The issue is whether ACP has already put together a calendar for 2016. August is historically a very busy month and Josh seems partial to August 22 when the Trustees signed incorporation documents. I jotted down a few other "anniversary" events in close proximity: July 8, 1916: Sieur de Monts N.M. established at the hand of President W. Wilson. August 5, 1944 Death of G.B. Dorr August 13, 1901 Initial meeting of the Trustees in Seal Harbor August 22, 191601 HCTPR Incorporation August 22, 1916 Building of the Arts celebration of the establishment of Sieur de Monts N.M. August 22,, 1926 Death of Charles W. Eliot 25 August 26, 1916 Establishment of the N.P.S. Aug: 25 1926 Harvard University Service for DrEliot. I'm'creating a larger calendar for 1916 but I thought I'd run this by you. Josh spoke about wanting to invite political figures at the State level early next year. I've contacted you to facilitate cooperation rather than individual parties working in isolation on their own agendas. I have not spoken about this to David Macdonald. By the way, since you've informed me about how busy you'll be from mid-September to mid-October, it now looks like I'll visit MDI between the 20th and 26th of September. How is Acadian Passages coming along? Best to you & Sandy, Ronald From: "Jack Russell" To: "Ron Epp" Cc: "David Evans" Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:45:07 PM Subject: Fwd: author working on Dorr bio? Friend Ron, This is to introduce you to Dave Evans, a friend who comes here for extended summers. Dave is a man of science who served at the MDI Bio Lab for many years. He is now writing a robust history of that good institution and has kindly shared his work with me as I grind along on Acadian Passages. http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=222960&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/2 2/2/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size - RE: Ronald Epp From Joshua Torrance Tue, Feb 02, 2016 05:34 PM Sender : jtorrance1@hotmail.com Subject RE: Ronald Epp To : Ronald Epp Hi Ron: Happy New Year! I hope this message finds you happy and healthy. Is there a time we can connect via phone regarding the book? I want to get as much worked completed on it now before the craziness of the season takes hold. The park has approved placing a historical monument to the Trustees on the Blue Hill overlook on Cadillac. It is not quite at the top of the mountain but is otherwise an excellent location. Now we have to figure out what to say! I was wondering if you could draft the text? I think you are the best person for the job. And I don't think it has to be more than four sentences long. I am working on vendors to produce the plaque now. Your help would be most welcome. Thanks in advance. Best, Joshua Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum, Gardens & Park Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 www.woodlawnmuseum.org Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 19:07:41 +0000 From: eppster2@comcast.net To: director@woodlawnmuseum.org Subject: Re: Ronald Epp Josh, Thesis material received. Looking forward as well to the project. You mentioned an outfit that you will use for digital printing. What was the name? Thought you said "Got Book." After fifteen years of sweat and labor at Woodlawn is appears that many of your dreams are being realized. Do you recall that my research and your arrival at Woodlawn began the same year! As Jack Russell says, "Onward~!" Ron From: "Joshua Torrance" To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 10:52:49 AM Subject: RE: Ronald Epp Thanks for your time this morning Ron. I look forward to doing this project with you. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=351124&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/3 2/2/2016 XFINITY Connect Here is the text from my thesis. Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum, Gardens & Park Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 www.woodlawnmuseum.org From: director@woodlawnmuseum.org To: eppster2@comcast.net Subject: RE: Ronald Epp Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:30:54-0500 10 am is perfect. I look forward to connecting to you. The attribute can read HCTPR Archives, Woodlawn Museum, Gardens & Park, Ellsworth, Maine. A higher resolution image is attached. Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum, Gardens & Park Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 www.woodlawnmuseum.org Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:10:28 +0000 From: eppster2@comcast.net To: director@woodlawnmuseum.org Subject: Re: Ronald Epp Dear Josh, Good to hear from you! Thanks for the images. Give some thought to how you would like the attribution to read. Do you want any reference to the archives of the HCTPR? Or The Woodlawn Museum, Ellsworth, ME? Or courtesy of The Black House, Ellsworth, ME? My preference is for number one, if you can make a higher resolution version. I'll give you a call Friday morning about 10. If another time in the a.m. is better, send me an email. I've meetings after 2 p.m. if early p.m. would be better. Looking forward to it. Ronald From: "Joshua Torrance" To: "Ronald Epp" Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:32:14 AM Subject: RE: Ronald Epp Hi Ron: Sorry for the delayed response- I have had a very robust travel schedule these past few weeks. Thank you for your message- I am glad the book project is coming to a conclusion. It is a remarkable project, and I so happy for you that it is finally reaching the end. You of course my use the Dorr image. I have attached all of the images we have of that event. Let me know which one you would most like and I can send a higher resolution version. I thrilled you are still able to write the introduction to the next edition of the historical pamphlet. My task for later this week, pending fires that may arise, is to scan all the text into a word document. https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=351124&z=America/New_York&xim=1 2/3 2/2/2016 XFINITY Connect I am free most the day this Friday, Nov. 20 if you would like to talk. Best, Joshua Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum, Gardens & Park Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 www.woodlawnmuseum.org Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 19:12:57 +0000 From: eppster2@comcast.net To: jtorrance1@hotmail.com Subject: Ronald Epp Dear Josh, Please excuse my silence these last few weeks. I've been caught up in the final tasks of publishing the Dorr biography which is still on track for an April 2016 pub date. To that end, I write in part to ask if I might use the Woodlawn image of the Dorr Memorial 1947 dedication, where the memorial is flanked by the two park rangers? Would you email me a scan of this image for inclusion in the Friends of Acadia publication? On a related Acadia Centennial Partners issue, I now see a window of opportunity to complete the Introduction to a second edition of the HCTPR "Historical Sketch " I've done the necessary research and will be drafting the narrative over the holidays. It would be a good idea to chat on the phone about related matters. More about that later. All the Best, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=351124&tz=America/New_York&xim= 3/3 11/18/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net Font Size - 4th Draft of HCTPR book From : Joshua Torrance Fri, Nov 18, 2016 04:50 PM Sender : Joshua Torrance 1 attachment Subject : 4th Draft of HCTPR book To : Walter Smalling , Ronald Epp Hi Walter and Ron: Thank you both for your contributions and edits to these drafts! They have made a great difference. And thank you Walter for reworking the preface- it is much stronger! The fourth draft is attached. Please again review. I have had our team proof it. I think it is in pretty good shape, but it never hurts to look again. My goal is to send it to the printer mid-day on Monday. Fingers crossed. Thanks again! This is a great project to complete! Best, Joshua NOTE: The PDF is not is "spread" format in the hopes that it will make it easier to read and/or print. Joshua Campbell Torrance Executive Director Woodlawn Museum, Gardens & Park Ellsworth, ME 04605 207/667-8671 www.woodlawnmuseum.org HCTPR Book 4th draft.pdf PDF 2 MB hhttps://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=398006&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/1